{"product_id":"mastering-fear-women-emotions-and-contemporary-horror-paperback","title":"Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions, and Contemporary Horror - 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\u003eRikke Schubart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMastering Fear\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes horror as play and examines what functions horror has and why it is adaptive and beneficial for audiences. It takes a biocultural approach, and focusing on emotions, gender, and play, it argues we play with fiction horror. In horror we engage not only with the negative emotions of fear and disgust, but with a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative. The book lays out a new theory of horror and analyzes female protagonists in contemporary horror from child to teen, adult, middle age, and old age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the turn of the millennium, we have seen a new generation of female protagonists in horror. There are feisty teens in \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e (2009-2017), troubled mothers in \u003ci\u003eThe Babadook\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and struggling women in the New French extremity with \u003ci\u003eMartyrs\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eInside\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). At the fuzzy edges of the genre are dramas like \u003ci\u003ePan's Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and middle-age women are now protagonists with Carol in \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (2010-) and Jessica Lange's characters in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Horror Story\u003c\/i\u003e (2011-). Horror is not just for men, but also for women, and not just for the young, but for audiences of all ages.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRikke Schubart \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in Media Studies at the Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. Her research focuses on gender, genre, and emotions in cinema and media. Schubart's publications include\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBloomsbury's recent \u003ci\u003eWomen of Ice and Fire: Gender, Game of Thrones and Multiple Media Engagements \u003c\/i\u003e(2016, co-edited with Anne Gjelsvik)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEastwood's Iwo Jima: A Critical Engagement with Flags of Our Fathers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLetters from Iwo Jima\u003c\/i\u003e (2013, co-edited with Anne Gjelsvik), and \u003ci\u003eSuper Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006 \u003c\/i\u003e(2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703570854195,"sku":"9781501361616","price":91.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VE9xdVQ1QTAxQmJ5TDJvbVczTjFjZz09.webp?v=1763330411","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mastering-fear-women-emotions-and-contemporary-horror-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}