Technology, Monstrosity, and Reproduction in Twenty First Century - Horro

Through a wide spectrum of horror sub-genres, this book examines how the current state of horror reflects the anxieties in Western culture. Horror films bring them to a mass audience and offer new figures for the nameless faceless 'antagonist' that plagues us and provides material with which to build a different understanding of ourselves.

List of contents

Introduction: Imagining the Ends of Horror and of Humanity 1. Meta-horror and Simulation in the Scream series and The Cabin in the Woods 2. The Image Goes Viral: Virtual Hauntings in The Ring and Feardotcom 3. The Image as Voracious Eye in The Blair Witch Project, the Paranormal Activity series, and Cloverfield 4. Memory, Pregnancy, and Technological Archive in Dark Water and The Forgotten 5. The End of Patriarchy: Defining the Postmodern Prometheus in Splice and Prometheus 6. Conclusion: A New Mythology for Techno-Humanity

About the author

Kimberly Jackson is Associate Professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA.

Summary

Through a wide spectrum of horror sub-genres, this book examines how the current state of horror reflects the anxieties in Western culture. Horror films bring them to a mass audience and offer new figures for the nameless faceless 'antagonist' that plagues us and provides material with which to build a different understanding of ourselves.

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Product details

• Authors: K Jackson, K. Jackson, Kimberly Jackson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2013
• EAN: 9781349472208
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47220-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Cultural History, Media Studies, Culture, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Performing Arts, Communication, Social & cultural history, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Crime & criminology, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Civilization—History, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, American Cinema and TV, Motion pictures—United States, American Film and TV