Monstrous nature environment and horror on the big screen / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann.

Author/creator Murray, Robin L.
Other author Heumann, Joseph K.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Description1 online resource.
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Contents Introduction -- Part 1. Anthropomorphism and the "big bug" movie -- Hellstrom chronicle and Beetle Queen conquers Tokyo: anthropomorphizing nature for humans -- "As beautiful as a butterfly": monstrous cockroach nature and the horror film -- Part 2. Human ecology and the horror film -- The earth bites back: vampires and the ecological roots of home -- Through an eco-lens of childhood: Roberto Rossellini's Germany year zero and Guillermo del Toro's The devil's backbone -- Part 3. Evolution and monstrous nature -- Zombie evolution: a new world with or without humans -- Laughter and the eco-horror film: the Troma solution -- Parasite evolution in the eco-horror film: when the host becomes the monster -- Gendering the cannibal: bodies and landscapes in feminist cannibal movies -- American Mary and body modification: nature and the art of change -- Conclusion: monstrous nature and the new cli-fi cinema -- Filmography.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Murray, Robin L., author. Monstrous nature Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] 9780803285699
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015046477
ISBN9780803294905 (epub)
ISBN9780803294912 (mobi)
ISBN9780803294929 ( pdf)

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