Beschreibung:
This book brings together three areas of study that have received consistent academic attention in recent years - affect theory, horror cinema, and performance studies - to make a significant contribution to the study of moving images of mutilation and audience reception.
Introduction: The Affective-Corporeal Dimensions of Horror 1.Representation: Abjection, Disgust and the (Un)Gendered Body 2. Emotion: Cognition, Threat and Self-Reflection 3. Somatics: Startles, Somatic Empathy and Viewer Alignment Conclusion