Criminological Understandings of Horror Films

Reel Fear
Herausgeber: Gehring, Krista S.; Lenning, Emily; Merken, Stacie

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines horror films through a critical criminological lens. Each chapter considers how the genre impacts audiences and their understanding of topics like place, crime, and identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781666946703
• ISBN-10: 1666946702
• Artikelnr.: 70828890

Autorenporträt

Krista S. Gehring is professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work at the University of Houston Downtown. Stacie Merken is assistant professor and chair of criminal justice at Indiana University South Bend as well as a Senior Mosaic Faculty Fellow Emily Lenning is professor of criminal justice at Fayetteville State University. Walter S. DeKeseredy is Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and professor of sociology at West Virginia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Spaces and Places That Haunt Us
Chapter One
A Radical Feminist Perspective on Horror in the Heartland
Walter S. DeKeseredy
Chapter Two
"An Outlet for American Rage": A Critical Analysis of Crime in Urban
Suburban Settings in The Purge Film Series
Lauren N. Moton and Stacie Merken
Chapter Three
The Villain in the Machine: Cybertechnology in Horror Films
Shelly Clevenger and Kathleen Ratajczak
Chapter Four
Escaping the Horror and Reality of Mass Incarceration
Rosemary L. Gido
Part 2: The Crimes That Horrify Us
Chapter Five
Representations of Mental Illness and Crime in Horror Films
Susan M. Henney and Krista S. Gehring
Chapter Six
I am Your Worst Nightmare: Serial Killer Portrayals in Horror Films
Stacie Merken, Hannah Good, and Allison Grabowski
Chapter Seven
In The Invisible Man, The Horrors of Intimate Partner Violence are Real
Danielle C. Slakoff and Sheena L. Gilbert
Chapter Eight
Sexual Violence in Horror Films: Routine Activities Theory and Rape Myth
Acceptance
Alexa D. Sardina and Hannah Torres
Part 3: The Monsters Inside Us
Chapter Nine
Queer Fear: Anti-Queer Themes in Horror Movies
Vanessa R. Panfil
Chapter Ten
"It is Us Who are the Divine Ones. We are the Gods Who are Trapped in
Cocoons": A Critical Analysis of Get Out
Susana Avalos
Chapter Eleven
Trans Panic! At the Movies
Allyn Walker
Chapter Twelve:
'Stay Where you Belong, Ugly Americans, or the World Will Eat You Alive':
Tourism and Fear of the "Other" in Horror Films
Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz and Emily Lenning