Menacing Environments - Ecohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema

"In Menacing Environments, Benjamin Bigelow examines ecohorror as a film genre that generates fear and dread by dwelling on the threatening interconnectedness between humans and the environment. Though the combination of horror and the natural environment may be a counter-intuitive pairing for the region, the commercial and critical attention garnered by transnational Nordic ecohorror films such as Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009) and Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) shows that the relationship between humans and the natural environment is not always figured as innocent or benign"--

About the author

Benjamin Bigelow is assistant professor of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. This is his first book.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin A Bigelow, Benjamin A. Bigelow
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.06.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780295751634
• ISBN: 978-0-295-75163-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies; New Directions in Scandinavian; Menacing Environments
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries