Description: Further DetailsTitle: Household HorrorCondition: NewDescription: Take a tour of the house where a microwave killed a gremlin, a typewriter made Jack a dull boy, a sewing machine fashioned Carrie's prom dress, and houseplants might kill you while you sleep. In Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects, Marc Olivier highlights the wonder, fear, and terrifying dimension of objects in horror cinema. Inspired by object-oriented ontology and the nonhuman turn in philosophy, Olivier places objects in film on par with humans, arguing, for example, that a sleeper sofa is as much the star of Sisters as Margot Kidder, that The Exorcist is about a possessed bed, and that Rosemary's Baby is a conflict between herbal shakes and prenatal vitamins. Household Horror reinvigorates horror film criticism by investigating the unfathomable being of objects as seemingly benign as remotes, radiators, refrigerators, and dining tables. Olivier questions what Hitchcock's Psycho tells us about shower curtains. What can we learn from Freddie Krueger's greatest accomplice, the mattress? Room by room, Olivier considers the dark side of fourteen household objects to demonstrate how the objects in these films manifest their own power and connect with specific cultural fears and concerns.Author: Marc OlivierCountry/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780253046567Format: PaperbackGenre: Films & TVISBN: 9780253046567ISBN-10: 0253046564Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 517gLanguage: EnglishPublisher: Indiana University PressRelease Date: 02/11/2020Book Series: Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural TheorySubtitle: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday ObjectsTopic: Society & Culture, Language & Reference, Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Household Horror
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
EAN: 9780253046567
Genre: Films & TV
ISBN: 9780253046567
ISBN-10: 0253046564
Release Date: 02/11/2020
Release Year: 2020
Subtitle: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects
Title: Household Horror
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 350 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Household Horror : Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Horror & Supernatural, Folklore & Mythology, Film / History & Criticism
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.3 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science
Author: Marc Olivier
Item Length: 9 in
Series: The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
