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The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein - Universal, Hammer, and Beyond (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,772
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The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein - Universal, Hammer, and Beyond (Hardcover): Caroline Picart

The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein - Universal, Hammer, and Beyond (Hardcover)

Caroline Picart

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The Frankenstein narrative is one of cinema's most durable, and it is often utilized by the studio system and the most renegade independents alike to reveal our deepest aspirations and greatest anxieties. The films have concerned themselves with demarcations of gender, race, and technology, and this new study aims to critique the more traditional interpretations of both the narrative and its sustained popularity. From James Whale's "Frankenstein" (1931) through Kenneth Branagh's "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (1994), the story remains a nuanced and ultimately ambivalent one and is discussed here in all of its myriad terms: aesthetic, cultural, psychological, and mythic.

Beginning with an examination of the narrative's origins in the myth of the birth of Dionysus from the thigh of Zeus, "The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein" goes on to consider each of the filM's many incarnations, from the Universal horror films of the thirties through the British Hammer series and beyond. Moving easily between the scholarly and the popular, the book employs both primary texts-including scripts, posters, and documentation of production histories-and a rigorous, scholarly examination of the many implications of this often-misunderstood subgenre of horror cinema.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2001
First published: October 2001
Authors: Caroline Picart
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97363-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 0-275-97363-8
Barcode: 9780275973636

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