Companion to the Horror Film

This cutting-edge collection features original essays by eminent scholars on one of cinema's most dynamic and enduringly popular genres, covering everything from the history of horror movies to the latest critical approaches.* Contributors include many of the finest academics working in the field, as well as exciting younger scholars* Varied and comprehensive coverage, from the history of horror to broader issues of censorship, gender, and sexuality* Covers both English-language and non-English horror film traditions* Key topics include horror film aesthetics, theoretical approaches, distribution, art house cinema, ethnographic surrealism, and horror's relation to documentary film practice* A thorough treatment of this dynamic film genre suited to scholars and enthusiasts alike

List of contents

ContentsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePART ONEIntroduction: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues01: Volume OverviewDeniz Kandiyotii02: Anthropology, Theory and Middle Eastern StudiesSuad Joseph03: Structure and Agency in the Anthropology of the Middle EastSoraya Altorki04: Anthropology and Reflections on the Politics of Middle East StudiesSteve CatonPART TWOCulture and Everyday Life05: The Politics of Aesthetics in the Muslim Middle EastMartin Stokes06: Dreams and the MiraculousAmira Mittermaier07: Refiguring IslamNada Moumtaz08: In the Garden of the SexesShahla Haeri09: Trajectories of Gendered LaborLivia Wick10: The Politics of PoetryAndrew BushPART THREESocial Relations and Social Movements11: Medical Anthropology in the Middle East and North AfricaJessica Newman and Marcia Inhorn12: From Rural Development to Environmental AnthropologyNicholas Hopkins13: Displacement and DispossessionDawn Chatty14: The Anthropology of Humanitarianism in the Middle EastIlana Feldman15: Anthropologies of Middle Eastern DiasporasPaul Silverstein16a: The Invention of the Mizrahim,Ella Shohat16b: The Mizrahi Cinema of DisplacementElla Shohat17: Social Movements and RevolutionZeina ZaatariPART FOURLaw, Politics and the State18: Justice Between Islamic Shari`a and Liberal LawHussein Ali Agrama19: The Notion of Arab Culture and the Colonial PresentMayssoun Sukarieh20: Rethinking the Anthropology of NeoliberalismJulia Elyachar21: States of Aspiration: New Questions for Middle East AnthropologyMichelle Obeid22: Notes on the Post-Ottoman: Anatolian Armenians as an Ethnographic PerspectiveHakem Al Rustom23: Reframing the Middle Eastern CityKamran Asdar AliPART FIVEPop Culture and New Media24: Popular CultureJohn Schaefer25: New Media and Electronic NetworksMark PetersonIndex

About the author

Harry M. Benshoff is Professor of Radio, TV, and Film at the University of North Texas, USA. His research interests include topics in film genre, film history, film theory, and multiculturalism. The author of several books on cinema, he is best known for work that explores sexuality in relation to the horror film, including Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (1997). He is also co-author of Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America (2006), and America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies, Second edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2009).

Summary

This cutting-edge collection features original essays by eminent scholars on one of cinema's most dynamic and enduringly popular genres, covering everything from the history of horror movies to the latest critical approaches.
* Contributors include many of the finest academics working in the field, as well as exciting younger scholars
* Varied and comprehensive coverage, from the history of horror to broader issues of censorship, gender, and sexuality
* Covers both English-language and non-English horror film traditions
* Key topics include horror film aesthetics, theoretical approaches, distribution, art house cinema, ethnographic surrealism, and horror's relation to documentary film practice
* A thorough treatment of this dynamic film genre suited to scholars and enthusiasts alike

Report

"Historically comprehensive while refreshingly up-to-date, Harry M. Benshoff's A Companion to the Horror Film provides a much-needed, state-of-the-art overview of an endlessly mutating genre and its ever-evolving criticism. A must-have volume for any popular culture studies bookshelf." David J. Skal, author of The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror "Benshoff's Companion, like his previous work, is an all encompassing look at the changing definition of horror and inclusive of cult and camp's greatest hits. A new must-have for theory-goers!" Jeffrey Schwarz, Director of I Am Divine, Vito and Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Product details

• Authors: Harry M. Benshoff
• Assisted by: Harry M. Benshoff (Editor), Harr M Benshoff (Editor), Harry M Benshoff (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2014
• EAN: 9780470672600
• ISBN: 978-0-470-67260-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science