Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters
Book Details
Author(s)Judith Halberstam
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN / ASIN0822316633
ISBN-139780822316633
AvailabilityHabituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank264,325
CategoryLiterary Criticism
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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

