Blaxploitation Horror Film - Adaptation, Appropriation and the Gothic

This book, the first on Blaxploitation horror films such as Blacula, compares them with both mainstream horror movies and canonical Gothic stories. While conventional horror movies adapt the classic monsters of Gothic fiction, Blaxploitation horror films radically transform them.

Info autore

Jamil Mustafa is a professor in the Department of English Studies at Lewis University.

Riassunto

This book, the first on Blaxploitation horror films such as Blacula, compares them with both mainstream horror movies and canonical Gothic stories. While conventional horror movies adapt the classic monsters of Gothic fiction, Blaxploitation horror films radically transform them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jamil Mustafa
• Editore: University of Wales Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9781786839978
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-997-8
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Horror Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Film, Horror, Ethnic Studies, Gothic, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror, Adaptation, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles & genres, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism, Appropriation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Jamil, Blaxploitation, Mustafa