Gender and contemporary horror in comics, games and transmedia. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Shail, Samantha Holland, Steven Gerrard.
• Editors: Shail, Robert; Holland, Samantha; Gerrard, Steven, 1970-
• Contents: Introduction Section One: Comics and Graphic Novels 1. Blood and Fire: Monstrous Women in Carrie and the 'Dark Phoenix Saga'; Matt Linton 2. Anxiety and Mutation in Charles Burns' Black Hole and Junji Ito's Uzumaki; Robert Shail Section Two: Video Games 3. 'Endure and Survive': Evolving Female Protagonists in Tomb Rider and The Last of Us; Rebecca Jones 4. Horrific Things: Alien Isolation and the Queer Materiality of Gender, Desire and Being; Merlin Seller 5. Shattered Identities: The Weakness of the Male Hero in the Silent Hill Game Franchise; Tiago José Lemos Monteiro 6. Dad Rising? Playing the Father in Post-Apocalyptic Survival Horror Games; Michael Fuchs and Klaus Rieser Section Three: Transmedia and Adaptation 7. 'It was an indescribable terror. So terrifying, I cannot begin to describe it. But it had tentacles': H.P. Lovecraft and His Impact on (Cult) Media; Steven Gerrard 8. 'They have given life to a creation… a jigsaw of all our worst fears': Exploring Thematic Dichotomies in the Filmic Representation of Mary Shelley; L.M.K. Sheppard and Richard Sheppard 9. Illusion, Reality, and Fearsome Femininity in Takashi Miike's Audition; Kathryn Hemmann 10. Masculinity, Human Hierarchy, and American Exceptionalism in World War Z; Kelly Doyle Section Four: Audiences, Fandom and Reception 11. Fans of the Alien Film Franchise: Creating a Fan-Specific Checklist; Janelle Vermaak 12. 'It all comes down to your voice': Female Participation and Gender Identities at the San Sebastian Horror and Film Festival; Rosanna Vivar 13. Will Slash Hannibal: Negotiating the Borders of Female Fandom in Hannibal; Charlotte Baker Section Five: Audio and Podcasts 14. 'Mostly Void; Partially Stars': Queer Masculinities in the Welcome to Night Vale Podcast; Alison Bainbridge 15. Sightless Realms of Terror: Disembodied Voices and Sonic Immersion in Contemporary Horror Audio; Richard J. Hand Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 700.4164; Horror comic books, strips, etc; Horror tales; Horror in mass media; Games; Gender identity in mass media; Gender identity in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787691094; 9781787691070
• Related ISBNs: 9781787691087
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