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The Pleasure of Fear and the Temptation of the Thriller in Horror Cinema
In the theory of cinema genre, horror films are at the forefront of the list. It is one of the oldest genres that saw the light with the early emergence of cinema, taking advantage of literary works, especially Gothic literature and it continues to this ...
Kadhim Moans Aziz
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O Triunfo da Vontade (Leni Riefenstahl, 1934): Nazismo versus estética cinematográfica
O documentário O Triunfo da Vontade, de Leni Riefenstahl (1934) projeta o antagonismo entre o horror de uma doutrina e a essência da arte cinematográfica! Como é que se conjugam a propaganda e a arte, a ideologia e a câmara, o horror e a beleza?
Anabela Dinis Branco de Oliveira
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Ficção do horror e a alegoria do monstruoso: interfaces entre psicanálise e estudos queer
Este artigo investiga as interfaces entre psicanálise, estudos queer e cinema de horror, destacando o potencial desse gênero em abordar questões de gênero, sexualidade e identidade.
Lucas Dourado Leão
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When does category spanning hurt or help producers?
Abstract Research Summary Scholars have theorized many factors shaping whether category spanning helps or hurts producers. We first synthesize evidence by meta‐analyzing 25 years of empirical research, which reveals a null effect of spanning on average, yet with significant subsample heterogeneity. To unpack it, we theorize and find that spanning hurts
Jungsoo Ahn +2 more
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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance
Abstract Aim This study analyses the Hollywood body horror film The Substance to explore how Western beauty culture regulates emotions and bodies. It aims to explore compassion within dominant body image discourses and considers how this impacts dietetic care. Methods Using Foucauldian discourse analysis informed by affect theory, the film was analysed
Phillip Joy
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ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Laypeople's Views on the Narrative Identity and Societal Treatment of Genetically Modified People
ABSTRACT Genome editing in human embryos could raise new ethical issues by changing future people's narrative and numerical identity. Most philosophers agree that some genetic modifications would have larger effects on identity than others, but they disagree on what criteria might explain these differences and have not supported their claims ...
Derek So, Yann Joly, Robert Sladek
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Espetáculos do medo: o horror como atração no cinema japonês
Dentro da variada gama de filmes vindos da Ásia oriental, uma das mais influentes contribuições é a do cinema de horror desenvolvido no Japão a partir da segunda metade dos anos 1990, cuja inserção internacional fez com que, no Ocidente, fosse criado um “
Laura Loguercio Cánepa +1 more
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Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan +5 more
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