{"product_id":"post-horror-art-genre-and-cultural-elevation-paperback","title":"Post-Horror: Art, Genre and Cultural Elevation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Church\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorror's longstanding reputation as a popular but culturally denigrated genre has been challenged by a new wave of films mixing arthouse minimalism with established genre conventions. Variously dubbed 'elevated horror' and 'post-horror, ' films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Babadook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Follows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Comes at Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Invitation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHereditary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Ghost Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003emother!\u003c\/i\u003e represent an emerging nexus of taste, politics, and style that has often earned outsized acclaim from critics and populist rejection by wider audiences. \u003ci\u003ePost-Horror\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length study of one of the most important and divisive movements in twenty-first-century horror cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The horror film is often read as a low-budget and disreputable genre that is disparaged by critics and loved by only a small core of committed fans. However, there has always been a high end to horror, a high end that is made up of both art films and prestigious productions from the major studios. In this book, then, Church offers a crucial contribution to an understanding of this trend through his analysis of recent developments in its history. Grounded in an analysis of the reception contexts within which these films are produced, mediated, and consumed, this book is a must for those interested in contemporary film culture in general and the horror film in particular.' Mark Jancovich, University of East Anglia 'With this book, David Church confirms his status as one of the most interesting contemporary scholars working on horror and on taste politics. Church expands the notion of art-horror and shows the links between contemporary post-horror and 1940s woman's films, melodrama, science fiction and European art cinema, with great chapters devoted to the post-horror connection between family and intimate relationships to epistemic violence. Meticulously researched and theorized, this is a book that, like the films it analyzes, rewards multiple readings. A thumping good read.' Joan C. Hawkins, Indiana University Horror cinema has long been a popular but culturally denigrated genre. This assumption has been challenged by a new wave of films that mix arthouse minimalism with established genre conventions. Dubbed 'elevated horror' or 'post-horror', films such as The Babadook, It Follows, The Witch, Get Out, Hereditary, Midsommar, and mother! represent an emerging nexus of taste, politics, and style that has earned outsized acclaim from critics and populist rejection by wider audiences. Post-Horror is the first full-length study of one of the most important and divisive movements in twenty-first-century horror cinema. David Church is a film and media scholar specializing in genre studies, taste cultures, and histories of film circulation. Cover image: A Ghost Story. Photo: Andrew Droz Palermo. Courtesy of David Lowery \/ Sailor Bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Church is a film and media scholar specializing in genre studies, taste cultures, and histories of film circulation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGrindhouse Nostalgia: Memory, Home Video, and Exploitation Film Fandom\u003c\/i\u003e (EUP, 2015), \u003ci\u003eDisposable Passions: Vintage Pornography and the Material Legacies of Adult Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eMortal Kombat: Games of Death\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Michigan Press, 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710435225907,"sku":"9781474475891","price":58.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NGNCcTQrK2taUlBQVmE3eGFNczc2UT09.webp?v=1763492486","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/post-horror-art-genre-and-cultural-elevation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}