Gender and contemporary horror in film

• Other Authors: Holland, Samantha, (Editor), Shail, Robert, (Editor), Gerrard, Steven, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Emerald studies in popular culture and gender
• Subjects: Horror films > History and criticism.; Sex role in motion pictures.; Social Science > Gender Studies.; TV & society.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787698970 (e-book); 9781787698994 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 261 pages).

The horror genre will always remain current because it reflects our anxieties, shining a light onto our worst fears whilst creating worlds defined by darkness. Horror as a genre has always engaged with era-specific societal mores and moral panics, often about isolation or abandonment, changing famil...