02747nam a2200445Ii 4500 9781787691070 UtOrBLW 20251029120152.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 190920t20192019enk o 001 0 eng d 9781787691070 (e-book) 9781787691094 (ePUB) UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW PN6726 .S53 2019 JFSJ bicssc SOC032000 bisacsh 741.5 Shail, Robert, author. 59263 Gender and contemporary horror in comics, games and transmedia / Robert Shail, Steven Gerrard, and Samantha Holland. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019. ©2019 1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) ; cm. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Emerald studies in popular culture and gender Includes index. Contemporary popular media has been marked by its startling ability to morph into a wide variety of formats, fed by the ongoing revolution in digital technology. Despite these significant changes, the horror genre has retained its attraction for audiences, and the representation of gender has been crucial to that appeal.Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comic, Games and Transmedia examines the impact of media convergence on the horror genre, focusing on comic books and graphic novels, video games, audio broadcasts, and transmedia adaptations, as well as considering the increasingly proactive role of audiences in making media themselves. A wide range of scholars consider the effect of this new hybridity on established debates regarding the role of gender in the horror genre, offering vital new interpretations of identity and representation.This book is an illuminating, exciting read for academics and students interested in the effect of changing media, and an evolving cultural landscape, on the established debates surrounding gender in the horror genre. The responses of the authors reflect both the possible limitations and the groundbreaking possibilities of this new era in horror. Horror comic books, strips, etc. 59264 Sex differences. 59265 Social Science Gender Studies. bisacsh Gender studies, gender groups. bicssc 59266 Holland, Samantha, author. 59267 Gerrard, Steven, author. 58550 9781787691087 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787691070 51422 51422