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Body gothic : corporeal transgression in contemporary literature and horror film / Xavier Aldana Reyes ; typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldana Reyes, Xavier, author.
- Series:
- Gothic literary studies.
- Gothic Literary Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre).
- Goth culture (Subculture).
- Horror in literature.
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Body Gothic assesses the role and relevance of corporeal transgression in literature and film of the last three decades, from splatterpunk and body horror to torture porn and surgical horror.
- Contents:
- Cover; Acknowledgements; Introduction: From Gothic Bodies to Body Gothic; 1 Splatterpunk; 2 Body Horror; 3 The New Avant-pulp; 4 The Slaughterhouse Novel; 5 Torture Porn; 6 Surgical Horror; Conclusion: Corporeal Readings; Notes; Works Cited; Filmography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 22, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781783160945
- 1783160942
- 9781783160938
- 1783160934
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