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Horror after 9/11 : world of fear, cinema of terror

Title
Horror after 9/11 : world of fear, cinema of terror / edited by Aviva Briefel and Sam J. Miller.
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Briefel, Aviva.
  • Miller, Sam J.
Description
vi, 263 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Horror after September eleven
Subject
  • Horror films > History and criticism
  • Terror in motion pictures
  • September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Contents
Introduction / Aviva Briefel and Sam J. Miller -- Why horror? Black screens, lost bodies: the cinematic apparatus of 9/11 horror / Laura Frost -- Let's roll: Hollywood takes on 9/11 / Elisabeth Ford -- Transforming horror : David Cronenberg's cinematic gestures after 9/11 / Adam Lowenstein -- Horror looks at itself. Caught on tape? the politics of video in the new torture film / Catherine Zimmer -- Cutting into concepts of "reflectionist" cinema? the saw franchise and puzzles of post-9/11 horror / Matt Hills -- The host versus Cloverfield / Homay King -- "Shop \'til you drop!": consumerism and horror / Aviva Briefel -- Horror in action -- Historicizing the Bush years: politics, horror film, and Francis Lawrence's I am legend / Steffen Hantke -- "I am the devil and I'm here to do the devil's work": Rob Zombie, George W. Bush, and the limits of American freedom / Linnie Blake -- "Forever family" values: Twilight and the modern Mormon vampire / Travis Sutton and Harry M. Benshoff -- Assimilation and the queer monster / Sam J. Miller.
Call Number
MFL 11-9689
ISBN
  • 9780292726628 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0292726627 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780292735330
  • 0292735332
LCCN
2011019055
OCLC
YBP 2011019055
Title
Horror after 9/11 : world of fear, cinema of terror / edited by Aviva Briefel and Sam J. Miller.
Imprint
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Added Author
Briefel, Aviva.
Miller, Sam J.
Research Call Number
MFL 11-9689
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