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- ISBN
- 9781498564991
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema : Sidesplitting Slaughter
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 198 Pages
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Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema explores the moment in audience reception where screams and laughter collide. Essays examinine the aesthetics and mechanics of the sLaughter moment, the impact of its frission of humor and horror on the viewer, and sLaughter's implications for the human condition more generally.
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Publisher
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
1498564992
ISBN-13
9781498564991
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240432203
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema : Sidesplitting Slaughter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
198 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.H6
Reviews
John Dowell and Cynthia Miller's collection of essays, Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema: Sidesplitting sLaughter, is one of the finest examinations of the horror genre published in the past decade. The theory of the intersection of horror and humor in popular film is transcendental in its profundity. For the scholar of film or for the general reader who loves to watch horror films, the book absolutely deserves a place on your shelf., Only recently the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, the closest it's been to heralding a man-made global catastrophe since 1953. Our popular culture abounds with dark and sardonic narratives, with stories and fictions that oscillate uncannily between the shocking perspectives of literary realism and the uncontrollable emotions that erupt in laughter, leaving us with the uncomfortable realization we find what is horrifying is simultaneously humorous and enjoyable. Here Dowell and Miller have collected a seminal series of essays that explores the typology and mechanics of that dark underside of popular culture that we love to laugh at from the comfort of our post-truth reality. If the real function of humor is in speaking the truth to power, then this volume offers insight into the critical import of popular culture in all our contemporary lives; sLaughter speaks a truth of the human condition!, Horrific Humor is, ultimately, a fascinating read.... The reader will find one's self looking at aspects of cinema they'd never before considered.
Table of Content
Foreword: From "Stairway to Heaven" to "I Hate Mondays": Is Understanding sLaughter Essential? Molly Merryman Introduction: The Hilarity of Terror: Toward an Understanding of sLaughter John A. Dowell, with Cynthia J. Miller Part I: The Aesthetics and Mechanics of sLaughter, or Welcome to the Funhouse of Carnography-Please Watch Your Head 1. Troma-tized by Punk Iain J.W. Ellis 2. "Must I Remind You of a Little Movie Called Deliverance?": sLaughter and the Postmodern Pastiche Don Tresca 3. Phallic Noses, Blood-Filled Balloons, Exploding Popcorn, and Laughing-Gas-Squirting Flowers: Reading Images of the Evil Clown Moritz Fink 4. The Mechanical sLaughterhouse: Horror, Humor, and Repetition in American Psycho and Fight Club Colin Yeo Part II: Bodies in the sLaughterhouse, or You Might Feel a Little Pinch 5. "Michael Eat Your Meat": Trauma, Satire, and Nostalgia in Bob Balaban's Parents William Quiterio 6. Ha!/Aaah!: The Painful Relationship between Humor and Horror David Misch 7. Igniting the Fuse of Destructive History: Nation and Ablation in the sLaughterhouse Thomas Britt 8. sLaughter as Existential Epiphany Ben Urish Part III: Beyond Mere War, or So Long and Thanks for All the Jokes! 9. Surfing Fascists and the Masses: (Non-)Evolving Images of the Cinenazi Ben Betka 10. In the UnDead of Winter: Humor and the Horrific in Dead Snow Cynthia J. Miller 11. Too Soon?: Laughing at Disaster on the Cinematic Titanic Ann Larabee About the Editors Notes on the Contributors
Copyright Date
2017
Topic
Film / Genres / Horror, Popular Culture, Film / Genres / Comedy
Lccn
2017-958937
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6164
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Performing Arts
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