Xavier Aldana Reyes

Horror Film and Affect

Towards a Corporeal Model of Viewership

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together three areas of study that have received consistent academic attention in recent years - affect theory, horror cinema, and performance studies - to make a significant contribution to the study of moving images of mutilation and audience reception.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415749824
• ISBN-10: 0415749824
• Artikelnr.: 43677668

Autorenporträt

Xavier Aldana Reyes is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Affective-Corporeal Dimensions of Horror 1.Representation: Abjection
Disgust and the (Un)Gendered Body 2. Emotion: Cognition
Threat and Self-Reflection 3. Somatics: Startles
Somatic Empathy and Viewer Alignment Conclusion