03043nam a2200469Ii 4500 9781787698970 UtOrBLW 20251029120219.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 190315s2019 enk o 001 0 eng d 9781787698970 (e-book) 9781787698994 (ePUB) UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW PN1995.9.H6 G46 2019 JFDT bicssc SOC032000 bisacsh 791.2 Gender and contemporary horror in film / edited by Samantha Holland, Robert Shail, and Steven Gerrard. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019. ©2019 1 online resource (x, 261 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Emerald studies in popular culture and gender Includes index. Prelims -- Introduction -- Bodies -- Boundaries -- Captivity -- Index. The horror genre will always remain current because it reflects our anxieties, shining a light onto our worst fears whilst creating worlds defined by darkness. Horror as a genre has always engaged with era-specific societal mores and moral panics, often about isolation or abandonment, changing family values and the role of women. It is often specifically about how gender is constructed in everyday life. Women are commonly defined in horror by their passivity, or monstrosity/sexuality or victimhood - or a mix of the three. At the same time women in horror are forced into psychological and physical torture ending in violent showdowns in which they emerge damaged but triumphant.Bringing together research from a wide range of established and emerging scholars this edited collection provides an insight into how modern horror films portray femininities, sexualities, masculinities, ageing, and other current issues, exploring the use of vampires, zombies, werewolves and ghosts in films made internationally. This volume, one of three by the same editorial team examining the horror genre, focuses on gender and contemporary horror in film, asking questions about how and if representations of gender in horror have changed. In these readings and re-readings, the authors examine developments in films about vampires, zombies, werewolves and ghosts, in films made internationally. Print version record Horror films History and criticism. 59852 Sex role in motion pictures. 59853 Social Science Gender Studies. bisacsh TV & society. bicssc 59854 Holland, Samantha, editor. 59267 Shail, Robert, editor. 59263 Gerrard, Steven, editor. 58550 9781787698987 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787698970 51585 51585