- Additional Authors
- Heumann, Joseph K.
- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Uniform Title
- Monstrous nature (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Monstrous nature (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part 1. Anthropomorphism and the "big bug" movie -- Hellstrom chronicle and Beetle Queen conquers Tokyo: anthropomorphizing nature for humans -- "As beautiful as a butterfly": monstrous cockroach nature and the horror film -- Part 2. Human ecology and the horror film -- The earth bites back: vampires and the ecological roots of home -- Through an eco-lens of childhood: Roberto Rossellini's Germany year zero and Guillermo del Toro's The devil's backbone -- Part 3. Evolution and monstrous nature -- Zombie evolution: a new world with or without humans -- Laughter and the eco-horror film: the Troma solution -- Parasite evolution in the eco-horror film: when the host becomes the monster -- Gendering the cannibal: bodies and landscapes in feminist cannibal movies -- American Mary and body modification: nature and the art of change -- Conclusion: monstrous nature and the new cli-fi cinema -- Filmography.
- LCCN
- 2015046477
- OCLC
- ssj0001703532
- Author
Murray, Robin L.
- Title
Monstrous nature [electronic resource] : environment and horror on the big screen / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann.
- Imprint
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Heumann, Joseph K.
- Other Form:
Print version: Murray, Robin L., author. Monstrous nature Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] 9780803285699 (DLC) 2015044552