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Horror film and psychoanalysis : Freud's worst nightmare / edited by Steven Hay Schneider.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in film.
- Cambridge studies in film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror films--Psychological aspects.
- Horror films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Horror Film & Psychoanalysis
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Psychoanalytic theory has been the subject of attacks from philosophers, cultural critics and scientists who have questioned the cogency of its reasoning as well as the soundness of its premises. Nevertheless, when used to shed light on horror cinema, psychoanalysis in its various forms has proven to be a fruitful and provocative interpretative tool. This volume seeks to find the proper place of psychoanalytic thought in critical discussion of cinema in a series of essays that debate its legitimacy, utility and validity as applied to the horror genre. It distinguishes itself from previous work in this area through the self-consciousness with which psychoanalytic concepts are employed and the theorization that coexists with interpretations of particular horror films and subgenres.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword: "What Lies Beneath?"; Introduction: Psychoanalysis in/and/of the Horror Film; PART ONE THE QUESTION OF HORROR-PLEASURE; PART TWO THEORIZING THE UNCANNY; PART THREE REPRESENTING PSYCHOANALYSIS; PART FOUR NEW DIRECTIONS; Afterword: Psychoanalysis and the Horror Film; About the Contributors; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780511209840
- 0511209843
- 9781107146631
- 1107146631
- 9781280541124
- 1280541121
- 9780511215216
- 0511215215
- 9780511217005
- 0511217005
- 9780511211638
- 0511211635
- 9780511309366
- 0511309368
- 9780511497742
- 0511497741
- 9780511213403
- 0511213409
- OCLC:
- 171139098
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07680 hdl
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