Capitalism Hates You - Marxism and the New Horror Film

"Capitalism Hates You uses the horror film genre as a tool to diagnose and expose the hostile conditions of life under capitalism. Arguing that these films and their material conditions can deepen our understanding of essential concepts in contemporary Marxism, Joshua Gooch sheds light on the growing field of socially conscious horror films, examining how they pinpoint and exaggerate latent feelings of dread and discomfort to reflect society's ills"--

List of contents

Contents
Introduction
1. Work Hates You: Antiwork Horror and Value Theory
2. Love Hates You: Feminist Anticapitalist Horror and Social Reproduction Theory
3. Nature Hates You: Psychedelic Eco-horror and Ecological Marxism
4. The Neighborhood Hates You: New Black Horror and Uneven Development
5. Commodities Hate You: Mass-Culture Horror and Commodity Forms
6. The Family Hates You: Elevated Horror and Family Abolition
7. Feelings Hate You: Therapeutic Horror and Emotion Work
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Filmography
Notes
Index

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Gooch
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9781517917975
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-1797-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)