Mastering fear : women, emotions, and contemporary horror /

Mastering Fear analyzes horror as play and examines what functions horror has and why it is adaptive and beneficial for audiences, including women. It takes a biocultural approach, and focusing on emotions, gender and play, it argues that the audience plays with fiction horror. In horror we engage n...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Schubart, Rikke (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Subjects:	Horror films > Psychological aspects. Horror films > History and criticism. Women in motion pictures. Emotions in motion pictures.