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THE GENDER ASPECT OF THE HORROR IN SWISS CINEMA OF THE 1980S.
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серия: Теорія культури та філософіі наукиThe focus of this article is on the phenomenon of the horror, in particular the gender aspect in Swiss horror films of the early 1980s. Initially, it points to the important role of research on the phenomenon of the horror in philosophy and psychology ...
Uliana Abashnik
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Beyond Hammer: the first run market and the prestige horror film in the early 1960s
Palgrave Communications, 2017 Although 1960s horror was supposedly dominated by Hammer, Heffernan has pointed out that Hammer (and AIP) were both trying hard to break out of the low bracket market and into the middle bracket.
M. Jancovich
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.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
Bioethics, EarlyView.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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Horror jako gatunek transmedialny — prolegomena
Zagadnienia Rodzajów LiterackichThe article is an introduction to the exploration of horror as a transmedia genre. Contemporary horror is growing in popularity and functions in various media: literature, film, video games, streaming platforms, comics, but also in art or the ...
Anna Zatora +1 more
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On_Culture, 2023 This essay analyzes the 2019 Guatemalan film La Llorona, directed by Jayro Bustamante, in order to question the representational and affective function of monstrosity in genre cinema, asking, in particular, how it recruits Indigenous epistemology to ...
Marena Fleites Lear
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, 2016 Prometheus, the fifth film of the Alien franchise, maintains narrative connections to the original four films but the inclusion of new aliens—the Engineers—radically shifts the feminist politic of the series.
Williams, Tess
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Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.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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The Peripeteias of Cultural Politics in “The Craft” (1996)
Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследованийThe paper is a detailed analysis of Miranda Corcoran's monograph on the 1996 horror film “The Craft”, published in the “Devil's Advocates” series. Corcoran specializes in the representation of young witches in popular culture.
Alexander V. Pavlov
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Kill Me Please: Being a Final Girl in Times of Fear, Terror, and Nightmare
Mistral, 2021 This article explores how the film Mate-me por favor/Kill Me Please (dir. Anita Rocha da Silveira, 2015) appropriates and subverts horror tropes in order to consider class, gender and generational concerns in contemporary Rio de Janeiro.
Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha
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