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The Descent.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Devil's Advocates SeriesPublisher: Liverpool : Auteur Publishing, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (119 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781906733957
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The DescentDDC classification:
  • 791.437
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Descent -- 2. The Shock of the Old -- 3. Going Underground -- 4. One Million Years BC -- 5. Return to the Source -- 6. Chicks with Picks -- 7. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain -- 8. Family -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Summary: Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, The Descent is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and the use of provisional worldviews, or "rubber realities," in horror.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Descent -- 2. The Shock of the Old -- 3. Going Underground -- 4. One Million Years BC -- 5. Return to the Source -- 6. Chicks with Picks -- 7. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain -- 8. Family -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, The Descent is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and the use of provisional worldviews, or "rubber realities," in horror.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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