Cynthia Freeland

The Naked And The Undead

Evil And The Appeal Of Horror

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror, Cynthia A. Freeland seeks to counter both aesthetic distain and moral condemnation by focusing on a select body of important and revealing films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and nature of evil - both human and cosmic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780813365633
• ISBN-10: 0813365635
• Artikelnr.: 21673387

Autorenporträt

Cynthia Freeland is professor of philosophy at the University of Houston. She is author of But Is It Art?, co-editor of Philosophy and Film, and editor of Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers
Dr. Frankenstein's Progeny
Women and Bugs
Monstrous Flesh
From Vampires to Slashers
Seductive Vampires
The Slasher's Blood Lust
Feminist Slashers?
Sublime Spectacles of Disaster
Uncanny Horror
Graphic Horror
EPILOGUE: The Appeal of Horror
Filmography