A Companion to the Horror Film
Erschienen am 26. September 2014
Buch
Hardcover
248 Seiten
978-0-470-67260-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
This cutting-edge collection features original essays by eminent scholars on one of cinema's most dynamic and enduringly popular genres, covering everything from the history of horror movies to the latest critical approaches.
* Contributors include many of the finest academics working in the field, as well as exciting younger scholars
* Varied and comprehensive coverage, from the history of horror to broader issues of censorship, gender, and sexuality
* Covers both English-language and non-English horror film traditions
* Key topics include horror film aesthetics, theoretical approaches, distribution, art house cinema, ethnographic surrealism, and horror's relation to documentary film practice
* A thorough treatment of this dynamic film genre suited to scholars and enthusiasts alike
* Contributors include many of the finest academics working in the field, as well as exciting younger scholars
* Varied and comprehensive coverage, from the history of horror to broader issues of censorship, gender, and sexuality
* Covers both English-language and non-English horror film traditions
* Key topics include horror film aesthetics, theoretical approaches, distribution, art house cinema, ethnographic surrealism, and horror's relation to documentary film practice
* A thorough treatment of this dynamic film genre suited to scholars and enthusiasts alike
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Sprache
Englisch
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Hoboken
Großbritannien
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 24.6 cm
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Dicke: 3.3 cm
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978-0-470-67260-0 (9780470672600)
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Person
Harry M. Benshoff is Professor of Radio, TV, and Film at the University of North Texas, USA. His research interests include topics in film genre, film history, film theory, and multiculturalism. The author of several books on cinema, he is best known for work that explores sexuality in relation to the horror film, including Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (1997). He is also co-author of Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America (2006), and America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies, Second edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2009).
Inhalt
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART ONE
Introduction: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues
01: Volume Overview
Deniz Kandiyotii
02: Anthropology, Theory and Middle Eastern Studies
Suad Joseph
03: Structure and Agency in the Anthropology of the Middle East
Soraya Altorki
04: Anthropology and Reflections on the Politics of Middle East Studies
Steve Caton
PART TWO
Culture and Everyday Life
05: The Politics of Aesthetics in the Muslim Middle East
Martin Stokes
06: Dreams and the Miraculous
Amira Mittermaier
07: Refiguring Islam
Nada Moumtaz
08: In the Garden of the Sexes
Shahla Haeri
09: Trajectories of Gendered Labor
Livia Wick
10: The Politics of Poetry
Andrew Bush
PART THREE
Social Relations and Social Movements
11: Medical Anthropology in the Middle East and North Africa
Jessica Newman and Marcia Inhorn
12: From Rural Development to Environmental Anthropology
Nicholas Hopkins
13: Displacement and Dispossession
Dawn Chatty
14: The Anthropology of Humanitarianism in the Middle East
Ilana Feldman
15: Anthropologies of Middle Eastern Diasporas
Paul Silverstein
16a: The Invention of the Mizrahim,
Ella Shohat
16b: The Mizrahi Cinema of Displacement
Ella Shohat
17: Social Movements and Revolution
Zeina Zaatari
PART FOUR
Law, Politics and the State
18: Justice Between Islamic Shari`a and Liberal Law
Hussein Ali Agrama
19: The Notion of Arab Culture and the Colonial Present
Mayssoun Sukarieh
20: Rethinking the Anthropology of Neoliberalism
Julia Elyachar
21: States of Aspiration: New Questions for Middle East Anthropology
Michelle Obeid
22: Notes on the Post-Ottoman: Anatolian Armenians as an Ethnographic Perspective
Hakem Al Rustom
23: Reframing the Middle Eastern City
Kamran Asdar Ali
PART FIVE
Pop Culture and New Media
24: Popular Culture
John Schaefer
25: New Media and Electronic Networks
Mark Peterson
Index
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART ONE
Introduction: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues
01: Volume Overview
Deniz Kandiyotii
02: Anthropology, Theory and Middle Eastern Studies
Suad Joseph
03: Structure and Agency in the Anthropology of the Middle East
Soraya Altorki
04: Anthropology and Reflections on the Politics of Middle East Studies
Steve Caton
PART TWO
Culture and Everyday Life
05: The Politics of Aesthetics in the Muslim Middle East
Martin Stokes
06: Dreams and the Miraculous
Amira Mittermaier
07: Refiguring Islam
Nada Moumtaz
08: In the Garden of the Sexes
Shahla Haeri
09: Trajectories of Gendered Labor
Livia Wick
10: The Politics of Poetry
Andrew Bush
PART THREE
Social Relations and Social Movements
11: Medical Anthropology in the Middle East and North Africa
Jessica Newman and Marcia Inhorn
12: From Rural Development to Environmental Anthropology
Nicholas Hopkins
13: Displacement and Dispossession
Dawn Chatty
14: The Anthropology of Humanitarianism in the Middle East
Ilana Feldman
15: Anthropologies of Middle Eastern Diasporas
Paul Silverstein
16a: The Invention of the Mizrahim,
Ella Shohat
16b: The Mizrahi Cinema of Displacement
Ella Shohat
17: Social Movements and Revolution
Zeina Zaatari
PART FOUR
Law, Politics and the State
18: Justice Between Islamic Shari`a and Liberal Law
Hussein Ali Agrama
19: The Notion of Arab Culture and the Colonial Present
Mayssoun Sukarieh
20: Rethinking the Anthropology of Neoliberalism
Julia Elyachar
21: States of Aspiration: New Questions for Middle East Anthropology
Michelle Obeid
22: Notes on the Post-Ottoman: Anatolian Armenians as an Ethnographic Perspective
Hakem Al Rustom
23: Reframing the Middle Eastern City
Kamran Asdar Ali
PART FIVE
Pop Culture and New Media
24: Popular Culture
John Schaefer
25: New Media and Electronic Networks
Mark Peterson
Index