Hearths Of Darkness

Author : Tony Williams
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781626743519

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Hearths of Darkness by Tony Williams Pdf

Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far from being an ephemeral and short-lived genre, horror actually relates to many facets of American history from its beginnings to the present day. Individual chapters examine aspects of the genre, its roots in the Universal horror films of the 1930s, the Val Lewton RKO unit of the 1940s, and the crucial role of Alfred Hitchcock as the father of the modern American horror film. Subsequent chapters investigate the key works of the 1970s by directors such as Larry Cohen, George A. Romero, Brian De Palma, Wes Craven, and Tobe Hooper, revealing the distinctive nature of films such as Bone, It’s Alive, God Told Me To, Carrie, The Exorcist, Exorcist 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as the contributions of such writers as Stephen King. Williams also studies the slasher films of the 1980s and 1990s, such as the Friday the 13th series, Halloween, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Nightmare on Elm Street, exploring their failure to improve on the radical achievements of the films of the 1970s. After covering some post-1970s films, such as The Shining, the book concludes with a new postscript examining neglected films of the twentieth and early twenty-first century. Despite the overall decline in the American horror film, Williams determines that, far from being dead, the family horror film is still with us. Elements of family horror even appear in modern television series such as The Sopranos. This updated edition also includes a new introduction.

Author : Tony Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1054400210

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Hearths of Darkness by Tony Williams Pdf

Author : John Moultrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600082889

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Altars, hearths and graves [verse]. by John Moultrie Pdf

Author : Adam Lowenstein
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231507189

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Shocking Representation by Adam Lowenstein Pdf

In this imaginative new work, Adam Lowenstein explores the ways in which a group of groundbreaking horror films engaged the haunting social conflicts left in the wake of World War II, Hiroshima, and the Vietnam War. Lowenstein centers Shocking Representation around readings of films by Georges Franju, Michael Powell, Shindo Kaneto, Wes Craven, and David Cronenberg. He shows that through allegorical representations these directors' films confronted and challenged comforting historical narratives and notions of national identity intended to soothe public anxieties in the aftermath of national traumas. Borrowing elements from art cinema and the horror genre, these directors disrupted the boundaries between high and low cinema. Lowenstein contrasts their works, often dismissed by contemporary critics, with the films of acclaimed "New Wave" directors in France, England, Japan, and the United States. He argues that these "New Wave" films, which were embraced as both art and national cinema, often upheld conventional ideas of nation, history, gender, and class questioned by the horror films. By fusing film studies with the emerging field of trauma studies, and drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin, Adam Lowenstein offers a bold reassessment of the modern horror film and the idea of national cinema.

Author : D. Heller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137080035

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The Selling of 9/11 by D. Heller Pdf

The Selling of 9/11 argues that the marketing and commodification of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, reveal the contradictory processes by which consumers in the United States (and around the world) use, communicate, and construct national identity and their sense of national belonging through cultural and symbolic goods. Contributors illuminate these processes and make important connections between myths of nation, practices of mourning, theories of trauma, and the politics of post-9/11 consumer culture. Their essays take critical stock of the role that consumer goods, media and press outlets, commercial advertising, marketers and corporate public relations have played in shaping cultural memory of a national tragedy.

Author : Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476637693

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Horror Comes Home by Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper Pdf

Home, we are taught from childhood, is safe. Home is a refuge that keeps the monsters out--until it isn't. This collection of new essays focuses on genre horror movies in which the home is central to the narrative, whether as refuge, prison, menace or supernatural battleground. The contributors explore the shifting role of the home as both a source and a mitigator of the terrors of this world, and the next. Well known films are covered--including Psycho, Get Out, Insidious: The Last Key and Winchester House--along with films produced outside the U.S. by directors such as Alejandro Amenabar (The Others), Hideo Nakata (Ringu) and Guillermo Del Toro (The Orphanage), and often overlooked classics like Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger.

Author : John A. Dowell,Cynthia J. Miller
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498565004

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Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema by John A. Dowell,Cynthia J. Miller Pdf

Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema explores the moment in audience reception where screams and laughter collide. Essays examinine the aesthetics and mechanics of the sLaughter moment, the impact of its frission of humor and horror on the viewer, and sLaughter’s implications for the human condition more generally./span

Author : Nicholas Rogers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195349108

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Halloween by Nicholas Rogers Pdf

Boasting a rich, complex history rooted in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and development of one of the most popular holidays of the year. Drawing on a fascinating array of sources, from classical history to Hollywood films, Rogers traces Halloween as it emerged from the Celtic festival of Samhain (summer's end), picked up elements of the Christian Hallowtide (All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day), arrived in North America as an Irish and Scottish festival, and evolved into an unofficial but large-scale holiday by the early 20th century. He examines the 1970s and '80s phenomena of Halloween sadism (razor blades in apples) and inner-city violence (arson in Detroit), as well as the immense influence of the horror film genre on the reinvention of Halloween as a terror-fest. Throughout his vivid account, Rogers shows how Halloween remains, at its core, a night of inversion, when social norms are turned upside down, and a temporary freedom of expression reigns supreme. He examines how this very license has prompted censure by the religious Right, occasional outrage from law enforcement officials, and appropriation by Left-leaning political groups. Engagingly written and based on extensive research, Halloween is the definitive history of the most bewitching day of the year, illuminating the intricate history and shifting cultural forces behind this enduring trick-or-treat holiday.

Author : Holley Moyes
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457117503

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Sacred Darkness by Holley Moyes Pdf

Caves have been used in various ways across human society but despite the persistence within popular culture of the iconic caveman, deep caves were never used primarily as habitation sites for early humans. Rather, in both ancient and contemporary contexts, caves have served primarily as ritual spaces. In Sacred Darkness, contributors use archaeological evidence as well as ethnographic studies of modern ritual practices to envision the cave as place of spiritual and ideological power and a potent venue for ritual practice. Covering the ritual use of caves in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and the US Southwest and Eastern woodlands, this book brings together case studies by prominent scholars whose research spans from the Paleolithic period to the present day. These contributions demonstrate that cave sites are as fruitful as surface contexts in promoting the understanding of both ancient and modern religious beliefs and practices. This state-of-the-art survey of ritual cave use will be one of the most valuable resources for understanding the role of caves in studies of religion, sacred landscape, or cosmology and a must-read for any archaeologist interested in caves.

Author : LMK Sheppard
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476681610

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Faith Horror by LMK Sheppard Pdf

Faith horror refers to a significant outcropping of mid-1960s and 1970s films and adaptative novels that depict non-Christian communities of evil doers and their activities. Before this period, the classical horror villain was ultimately ineffectual. The demonic monster was an isolated, lone individual easily vanquished by an altruistic Christian protagonist. Alternatively, the villain in faith horror is organized into identity-affirming, likeminded religious congregations that successfully overcome protagonists. Faith horror was a cinematic trend that depicted Satanism, witchcraft and paganism during a cultural deliberation over the "Death of God," which debated the legitimacy of alternative spiritualities and the value of alliance to any faith at all. Covering popular works like Rosemary's Baby, The Wicker Man and The Omen, this book regards these films and their literary sources in relation to this historical moment, providing new ways of understanding both the period and the faith horror movement more generally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:319510007392287

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Masonic Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leaves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600078359

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English hearths and Irish homes by Leaves Pdf

Author : John Bennet,Jack L. Davis
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621390190

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The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project by John Bennet,Jack L. Davis Pdf

This volume represents the product of 25 years of study conducted by the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, a multidisciplinary, diachronic archaeological expedition formally organized in 1990 to investigate the history of prehistoric and historic settlement in western Messenia in Greece. An introduction, setting the project in context, and an extensive gazetteer of sites precede a collection of eight previously published articles, which appeared in Hesperia, the journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, between 1997 and 2010. Taken together, these contributions document a comprehensive methodological approach by an archaeological project that was one of the first to incorporate new technologies such as digital mapping tools and online databases. The results of such a long-term and multifaceted research program illuminate the shifting relationships between humans, their landscapes, and historical forces, both local and distant. The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project: A Retrospective provides an invaluable resource not only for those interested in the history and development of southwestern Greece but also for researchers interested in exploring the full range of methodological approaches to archaeological survey.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026766434

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English Hearths and Irish Homes: Life Scenes from an Editor's Note Book. ... Profusely Illustrated. [Being a New Edition of “Leaves from an Editor's Note-book.”] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tim Jon Semmerling
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292774896

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Evil Arabs in American Popular Film by Tim Jon Semmerling Pdf

2006 — Runner-up, Arab American National Museum Book Awards The "evil" Arab has become a stock character in American popular films, playing the villain opposite American "good guys" who fight for "the American way." It's not surprising that this stereotype has entered American popular culture, given the real-world conflicts between the United States and Middle Eastern countries, particularly since the oil embargo of the 1970s and continuing through the Iranian hostage crisis, the first and second Gulf Wars, and the ongoing struggle against al-Qaeda. But when one compares the "evil" Arab of popular culture to real Arab people, the stereotype falls apart. In this thought-provoking book, Tim Jon Semmerling further dismantles the "evil" Arab stereotype by showing how American cultural fears, which stem from challenges to our national ideologies and myths, have driven us to create the "evil" Arab Other. Semmerling bases his argument on close readings of six films (The Exorcist, Rollover, Black Sunday, Three Kings, Rules of Engagement, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut), as well as CNN's 9/11 documentary America Remembers. Looking at their narrative structures and visual tropes, he analyzes how the films portray Arabs as threatening to subvert American "truths" and mythic tales—and how the insecurity this engenders causes Americans to project evil character and intentions on Arab peoples, landscapes, and cultures. Semmerling also demonstrates how the "evil" Arab narrative has even crept into the documentary coverage of 9/11. Overall, Semmerling's probing analysis of America's Orientalist fears exposes how the "evil" Arab of American popular film is actually an illusion that reveals more about Americans than Arabs.