Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film

by Adam Lowenstein

Book Overview

In this imaginative new work, Adam Lowenstein explores the ways in which a group of groundbreaking horror films engaged the haunting social conflicts left in the wake of World War II, Hiroshima, and the Vietnam War. Lowenstein centers Shocking Representation around readings of films by Georges Franju, Michael Powell, Shindo Kaneto, Wes Craven, and David Cronenberg. He shows that through allegorical representations these directors' films...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231132476
• ISBN13: 9780231132473
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher