Why Horror Seduces

Zusatztext Mathias Clasen's wonderfully exploratory and explanatory Why Horror Seduces should be read and enjoyed by anyone with an interest in this most misunderstood of genres. Informationen zum Autor Mathias Clasen is Assistant Professor of Literature and Media in the Department of English, Aarhus University. Klappentext Why do humans feel the need to scream at horror films? In Why Horror Seduces, author Matthias Clasen looks to evolutionary social science to show how the horror genre is a product of human nature. Zusammenfassung Why do humans feel the need to scream at horror films? In Why Horror Seduces, author Matthias Clasen looks to evolutionary social science to show how the horror genre is a product of human nature.

Product details

• Authors: Mathias Clasen, Mathias (Associate Professor of Literature Clasen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780190666507
• ISBN: 978-0-19-066650-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Popular Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, ART / Film & Video, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, Popular psychology, Psychology: emotions, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles & genres, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism