The horror sensorium : media and the senses

Title
  1. The horror sensorium : media and the senses / Angela Ndalianis.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.
Author
  1. Ndalianis, Angela.

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Description
  1. vii, 223 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Through analyses of various mediums, this volume explores how the horror genre affects the mind and body of the spectator. By examining how these diverse media generate medium-specific corporeal and sensory responses, it reveals how the sensorium interweaves sensory and intellectual encounters to produce powerful systems of perception"--
Subject
  1. Horror films > History and criticism
  2. Horror television programs > History and criticism
  3. Motion picture audiences
  4. New horror cinema
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Horror aesthetics and the sensorium -- Dancing with the living dead: video games, avatars and arms on the brain -- Dark rides, hybrid machines and the multisensory experience -- Paranormal romance: Anita Blake, Sookie Stackhouse and the monsters who love them -- Payback's a bitch! death proof, planet terror and the carnivalization of grindhouse cinema -- Hail to the king! techno-intertexts, video game horror and doom -- Transmedia and the sensorium: from Blair witch to True blood.
Call number
  1. MFL 13-2499
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index.
Author
  1. Ndalianis, Angela.
Title
  1. The horror sensorium : media and the senses / Angela Ndalianis.
Imprint
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index.
Indexed term
  1. New horror cinema
LCCN
  1. 2012028777
Other standard identifier
  1. 40021501150
ISBN
  1. 9780786461271 (softcover : alk. paper)
  2. 0786461276 (softcover : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. MFL 13-2499
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