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Informationen zum Autor STEPHEN PRINCE is professor of communications at Virginia Tech. He has written many film books, including Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968, and has edited Screening Violence, also in the Depth of Field Series. Klappentext In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Zusammenfassung Focusing on recent postmodern examples! this is a collection of essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Silent and Classical Hollywood Eras The Modern Era Contributors Index

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Prince
• Assisted by: Charles Affron (Editor), Robert Lyons (Editor), Stephen Prince (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2004
• EAN: 9780813533636
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-3363-6
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 255 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Rutgers Depth of Field Series; Rutgers Depth of Field Series; Depth of Field Series; Rutgers Depth of Field
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet