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Menacing environments : ecohorror in contemporary Nordic cinema
- Title
- Menacing environments : ecohorror in contemporary Nordic cinema / Benjamin Bigelow.
- Author
- Bigelow, Benjamin (College teacher)
- Publication
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]
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Details
- Description
- x, 206 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In Menacing Environments, Benjamin Bigelow examines ecohorror as a film genre that generates fear and dread by dwelling on the threatening interconnectedness between humans and the environment. Though the combination of horror and the natural environment may be a counter-intuitive pairing for the region, the commercial and critical attention garnered by transnational Nordic ecohorror films such as Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009) and Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) shows that the relationship between humans and the natural environment is not always figured as innocent or benign"--
- Series Statement
- New directions in Scandinavian studies
- Uniform Title
- New directions in Scandinavian studies.
- Alternative Title
- Ecohorror in contemporary Nordic cinema
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-197), filmography (pages [173]-174) and index.
- Call Number
- MFL 23-4102
- ISBN
- 9780295751634
- 0295751630
- 9780295751641
- 0295751649
- 9780295751658 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023009368
- OCLC
- 1348287047
- Author
- Bigelow, Benjamin (College teacher), author.
- Title
- Menacing environments : ecohorror in contemporary Nordic cinema / Benjamin Bigelow.
- Publisher
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New directions in Scandinavian studiesNew directions in Scandinavian studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-197), filmography (pages [173]-174) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 23-4102