Hanich Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers

The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-136-99158-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 314 Seiten

Hanich looks at fear at the movies – its aesthetics, its experience and its pleasures--in this thought-provoking study. Looking at over 150 different films including Seven, Rosemary's Baby, and Silence of the Lambs, Hanich attempts to answer the paradox of why we enjoy films that thrill us, that scare us, that threaten us, that shock us –affects that we otherwise desperately wish to avoid.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanich, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. How to Describe Cinematic Fear, or Why Phenomenology? 2. Multiplex Experiences: Individualized Immersion and Collective Feelings 3. Frightening Fascination: A Phenomenology of Direct Horror 4. Intimidating Imaginations: A Phenomenology of Suggested Horror 5. Short Shocks: A Phenomenology of the Cinematic 'Boo!' 6. Anxious Anticipations: A Phenomenology of Cinematic Terror 7. Apprehensive Agitation: A Phenomenology of Frightening Suspense 8. Moments of Intensity: Lived-Body Metamorphoses and Experienced Time 9. Moments of Collectivity: The Cinema of Fear and Feelings of Belongingness 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Julian Hanich received a PhD in Film Studies from the Free University Berlin.