Horror Film and Affect: Towards a Corporeal Model of Viewership

ISBN-13: 9781138599611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 206 str.

Xavier Aldana Reyes

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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