Dark Forces at Work examines the role of race, class, gender, religion, and the economy as they are portrayed in, and help construct, horror narratives across a range of films and eras. These larger social forces not only create the context for our cinematic horrors, but serve as connective tissue between fantasy and lived reality, as well.
While several of the essays focus on "name" horror films such as IT, Get Out, Hellraiser, and Don't Breathe, the collection also features essays focused on horror films produced in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and on American classic thrillers such as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Key social issues addressed include the war on terror, poverty, the housing crisis, and the Time's Up movement. The volume grounds its analysis in the films, rather than theory, in order to explore the ways in which institutions, identities, and ideologies work within the horror genre.
| ISBN: | 9781498588577 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 2023 |
| Author: | Cynthia J Miller, A Bowdoin Van Riper |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 348 pages |
| Series: | Lexington Books Horror Studies |
| Genres: |
Film: styles and genres Popular culture |
Dark Forces at Work examines the role of race, class, gender, religion, and the economy as they are portrayed in, and help construct, horror narratives across a range of films and eras. These larger social forces not only create the context for our cinematic horrors, but serve as connective tissue between fantasy and lived reality, as well.While several of the essays focus on "name" horror films such as IT, Get Out, Hellraiser, and Don't Breathe, the collection also features essays focused on horror films produced in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and on American classic thrillers such as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
Dark Forces at Work features in the following genres: Film: styles and genres, Popular culture
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Dark Forces at Work was written by Cynthia J Miller, A Bowdoin Van Riper and published by Lexington Books
Dark Forces at Work has 348 pages
Yes it is part of Lexington Books Horror Studies series
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