Animal Horror Cinema - Genre, History and Criticism

Zusatztext 'From apes and alligators to arachnids and amphibians! this collection brilliantly maps movies that include animal as sources of fear. It is an original! ambitious and timely contribution to film studies! cultural studies! horror studies and animal studies.' - Justin D. Edwards! University of Surrey! UK Informationen zum Autor John Edgar Browning, Georgia Institute of Technology, USAMyha T. Do, University of California, Davis, USAMichael Fuchs, University of Graz, AustriaKatarina Gregersdotter, Umeå University, SwedenNicklas Hållén, Umeå University, SwedenJohan Höglund, Linnaeus University, SwedenDawn Keetley, Lehigh University, USACraig Ian Mann, Sheffield Hallam University, UKMaja Milatovic, Southern Cross University, AustraliaNiklas Salmose, Linnaeus University, SwedenJennifer Schell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USASusanne Schwertfeger, Umtrieb-Gallery Kiel, Germany Klappentext This first full-length scholarly study about animal horror cinema defines the popular subgenre and describes its origin and history in the West. The chapters explore a variety of animal horror films from a number of different perspectives. This is an indispensable study for students and scholars of cinema, horror and animal studies. Zusammenfassung This first full-length scholarly study about animal horror cinema defines the popular subgenre and describes its origin and history in the West. The chapters explore a variety of animal horror films from a number of different perspectives. This is an indispensable study for students and scholars of cinema! horror and animal studies.

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'From apes and alligators to arachnids and amphibians, this collection brilliantly maps movies that include animal as sources of fear. It is an original, ambitious and timely contribution to film studies, cultural studies, horror studies and animal studies.'
- Justin D. Edwards, University of Surrey, UK

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• Authors: Katarin Gregersdotter, Katarina Gregersdotter, Katarina Hoglund Gregersdotter, Nicklas Hallen, Nic Hållén, Nicklas Hållén, Johan Hoeglund, Johan Hoglund, Joha Höglund, Johan Höglund
• Assisted by: Katarina Gregersdotter (Editor), Nicklas Hallen (Editor), Nicklas Hållén (Editor), Johan Hoglund (Editor), Johan Höglund (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137496386
• ISBN: 978-1-137-49638-6
• No. of pages: 261
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); B, Media Studies, Sociology, Performing Arts, Communication, The arts: general issues, Arts, Film History, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Palgrave Literature Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, cinema;film;politics;tourism