Horror film and psychoanalysis : freud's worst nightmare.

Horror film and psychoanalysis : freud's worst nightmare.

Explores the subject of psychoanalysis and film in a series of essays that debate its legitimacy, utility, and validity as applied to the horror genre.

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge Univ Press, 2004.
Series:	Cambridge studies in film.
Subjects:	Horror films > Psychological aspects. Horror films > Psychological aspects
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword: "What Lies Beneath?"; Introduction: Psychoanalysis in/and/of the Horror Film; PART ONE THE QUESTION OF HORROR-PLEASURE; PART TWO THEORIZING THE UNCANNY; PART THREE REPRESENTING PSYCHOANALYSIS; PART FOUR NEW DIRECTIONS; Afterword: Psychoanalysis and the Horror Film; About the Contributors; Bibliography; Index.