Naked and the Undead - Evil and the Appeal of Horror

In The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror, Cynthia A. Freeland seeks to counter both aesthetic distain and moral condemnation by focusing on a select body of important and revealing films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and nature of evil - both human and cosmic.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers -- Dr. Frankenstein's Progeny -- Women and Bugs -- Monstrous Flesh -- From Vampires to Slashers -- Seductive Vampires -- The Slasher's Blood Lust -- Feminist Slashers? -- Sublime Spectacles of Disaster -- Uncanny Horror -- Graphic Horror -- EPILOGUE: The Appeal of Horror -- Filmography

About the author

Cynthia Freeland is professor of philosophy at the University of Houston. She is author of But Is It Art?, co-editor of Philosophy and Film, and editor of Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle

Summary

In The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror, Cynthia A. Freeland seeks to counter both aesthetic distain and moral condemnation by focusing on a select body of important and revealing films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and nature of evil - both human and cosmic.

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia Freeland, Cynthia A Freeland, Cynthia A. Freeland
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2001
• EAN: 9780813365633
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-6563-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Thinking Through Cinema
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories