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Characterized as it is by its interest in and engagement with the
supernatural, psycho-social formations, the gothic, and issues of
identity and subjectivity, horror has long functioned as an
allegorical device for interrogations into the seamier side of
cultural foundations. This collection, therefore, explores both the
cultural landscape of this recent phenomenon and the reasons for
these television series' wide appeal, focusing on televisual
aesthetics, technological novelties, the role of adaptation and
seriality, questions of gender, identity and subjectivity, and the
ways in which the shows' themes comment on the culture that
consumes them. Featuring new work by many of the field's leading
scholars, this collection offers innovative readings and rigorous
theoretical analyses of some of our most significant contemporary
texts in the genre of Horror Television.
Characterized as it is by its interest in and engagement with the
supernatural, psycho-social formations, the gothic, and issues of
identity and subjectivity, horror has long functioned as an
allegorical device for interrogations into the seamier side of
cultural foundations. This collection, therefore, explores both the
cultural landscape of this recent phenomenon and the reasons for
these television series' wide appeal, focusing on televisual
aesthetics, technological novelties, the role of adaptation and
seriality, questions of gender, identity and subjectivity, and the
ways in which the shows' themes comment on the culture that
consumes them. Featuring new work by many of the field's leading
scholars, this collection offers innovative readings and rigorous
theoretical analyses of some of our most significant contemporary
texts in the genre of Horror Television.
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the
United States had a significant impact on both America and the
world at large. By voting an African American into the highest
office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race,
but rather didn't let race prevent them for casting their ballots
in his favor. In addition to reflecting the changing political
climate, Obama's presidency also spurred a cultural shift, notably
in music, television, and film. In Movies in the Age of Obama: The
Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema, David Garrett Izzo
presents a varied collection of essays that examine films produced
since the 2008 election. The contributors to these essays comment
on a number of films in which race and "otherness" are pivotal
elements. In addition to discussing such films as Beasts of the
Southern Wild, Black Dynamite, The Blind Side, The Butler, Django
Unchained, The Help, and Invictus, this collection also includes
essays that probe racial elements in The Great Gatsby, The Hunger
Games, and The Mist. The volume concludes with several essays that
examine the 2013 Academy Award winner for best picture, 12 Years a
Slave. Though Obama's election may have been the main impetus for a
resurgence of black films, this development is a bit more
complicated. Moviemakers have long responded to the changing times,
so it is inevitable that the Obama presidency would spark an
increase in films that comment, either subtly or overtly, on the
current cultural climate. By looking at the issue these films
address, Movies in the Age of Obama will be of value to film
scholars, of course, but also to those interested in other
disciplines, including history, politics, and cultural studies.
Dreamscapes in Italian Cinema explores different representations of
dreams, visions, hallucinations, and hypnagogic states in Italian
film culture, covering the works of some of the most significant
auteurs in the history of Italian cinema (Fellini, Pasolini,
Moretti, Bellocchio, among others). Dreams are discussed both in a
filmic context, considering the diegetic and formal techniques
employed to construct and represent them, and as allegories or
metaphors in a broader cultural, political, and social sense (the
film industry itself as the proverbial dream factory, and dreams as
hopes, aspirations or altogether parallel universes, for example).
The book covers works released over different decades and spanning
multiple genres (drama, gothic film, horror, comedy), and it is
intended to shed light on a topic that is as suggestive as it is
insufficiently studied.
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the
United States had a significant impact on both America and the
world at large. By voting an African American into the highest
office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race,
but rather didn't let race prevent them for casting their ballots
in his favor. In addition to reflecting the changing political
climate, Obama's presidency also spurred a cultural shift, notably
in music, television, and film. In Movies in the Age of Obama: The
Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema, David Garrett Izzo
presents a varied collection of essays that examine films produced
since the 2008 election. The contributors to these essays comment
on a number of films in which race and "otherness" are pivotal
elements. In addition to discussing such films as Beasts of the
Southern Wild, Black Dynamite, The Blind Side, The Butler, Django
Unchained, The Help, and Invictus, this collection also includes
essays that probe racial elements in The Great Gatsby, The Hunger
Games, and The Mist. The volume concludes with several essays that
examine the 2013 Academy Award winner for best picture, 12 Years a
Slave. Though Obama's election may have been the main impetus for a
resurgence of black films, this development is a bit more
complicated. Moviemakers have long responded to the changing times,
so it is inevitable that the Obama presidency would spark an
increase in films that comment, either subtly or overtly, on the
current cultural climate. By looking at the issue these films
address, Movies in the Age of Obama will be of value to film
scholars, of course, but also to those interested in other
disciplines, including history, politics, and cultural studies.
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