Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters
Book Details
Author(s)
Judith Halberstam
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0822316633
ISBN-13
9780822316633
Availability
Habituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank
#264,325
Category
Literary Criticism
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
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Description
Skin Shows In this examination of the monster as cultural object, Judith Halberstam offers a rereading of the monstrous that revises our view of the Gothic. Moving from the nineteenth century and the works of Shelley, Stevenson, Stoker, and Wilde to contemporary horror film exemplified by such movies as "Silence of the Lambs," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and "Candyman," "Skin Shows" understands the Gothic as ... Full description
