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Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film
Adam Lowenstein
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Description for Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film
Paperback. 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. This book shows that through allegorical representations these directors' films confronted and challenged comforting historical narratives and notions of national identity. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Film and Culture Series
Condition
New
Weight
375g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231132473
SKU
V9780231132473
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About Adam Lowenstein
Adam Lowenstein is associate professor of English and film studies at the University of Pittsburgh. His essays have appeared in Cinema Journal, Critical Quarterly, and Post Script as well as the anthologies Hitchcock: Past and Future Trauma and Cinema: Cross-Cultural Explorations, and British Cinema, Past and Present.
Reviews for Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film
[Lowenstein] has placed the study of cinematic horror on a whole new level.
Scott Preston The Communication Review An attentive and careful reading of various films that straddle the borders of the horror and art genres...
Eyal Tamir Kritikon Litterarum
Scott Preston The Communication Review An attentive and careful reading of various films that straddle the borders of the horror and art genres...
Eyal Tamir Kritikon Litterarum