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Grief in contemporary horror cinema : screening loss

Title
Grief in contemporary horror cinema : screening loss / edited by Erica Joan Dymond.
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

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Additional Authors
Dymond, Erica Joan
Description
xviii, 211 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema: Screening Loss examines bereavement as it appears in horror films of the last two decades. This book addresses global hits such as Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and Jennifer Kent's The Babadook as well as lauded arthouse films such as Lars von Trier's Melancholia and Ari Aster's Midsommar"--
Series Statement
Lexington books horror studies
Uniform Title
Lexington Books horror studies.
Subject
  • Horror films > History and criticism
  • Grief in motion pictures
  • Bereavement > In motion pictures
  • Horror films
  • Bereavement
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I LOSS AND THE CHILD: GRIEF AND ENDANGERED YOUTH -- ch. 1 Horror at the Crossroads: Mapping the Child's Grief in Pan's Labyrinth (2006) / Lindsey Scott -- ch. 2 "We Can Survive This": An Examination of Loss and Grief in Juan Antonio Bayona's El orfanato (The Orphanage) (2007) / Erica Joan Dymond -- ch. 3 Elevating Grief: Ari Aster's Hereditary (2018) and the A24 Horror Film / Todd K. Platts -- pt. II LOSS AND GENDER: GRIEF AND MOTHERHOOD/WOMANHOOD -- ch. 4 To Make You Feel My Love: Jennifer Kent's The Babadook (2014), Motherhood, and Loss / Rebecca L. Willoughby -- ch. 5 The Myth of the Natural Woman: Horror and Grief in Ari Aster's Midsommar (2019) / Aspen Taylor Ballas -- pt. III LOSS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: GRIEF AND HISTORY -- ch. 6 O Father, Where Art Thou?: Grief and Cannibal Culture in Jorge Michel Grau's Somos lo que hay {We Are What We Are) (2010) / Megan De Virgilis -- ch. 7 Sadness Is Rebellion: The Ontopolitics of Queer Loss in The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (2009) / Andrija Filipovic -- ch. 8 The Grieving Dead: Haunting and the Haunted in the Spierig Brothers' Winchester (2018) / Racheal Harris -- pt. IV LOSS AND THE KNOWN WORLD: GRIEF AND ANNIHILATION -- ch. 9 "No One Will Miss It": Lars Von Trier's Antichrist (2009) and Melancholia (2011) and the World-Without-Us / Michael Brown.
Call Number
MFL 23-442
ISBN
  • 9781793633934
  • 1793633932
LCCN
  • 2022036870
  • 40031401714
OCLC
1348103039
Title
Grief in contemporary horror cinema : screening loss / edited by Erica Joan Dymond.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Lexington books horror studies
Lexington Books horror studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Dymond, Erica Joan, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Grief in contemporary horror cinema Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023] 9781793633941 (DLC) 2022036871
Other Standard Identifier
40031401714
Research Call Number
MFL 23-442
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