Transgressive bodies: destruction and excessive display of the human form in the horror film

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    Abstract

    The chapter employs Lacanian psychoanalysis to consider a range of 1980s horror film releases, arguing that horror cinema works to problematize subjectivity through its innovative mechanisms of spectatorship.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEthics and the Subject
    EditorsKarl Simms
    Place of PublicationAmsterdam
    PublisherRodopi
    Chapter15
    Pages189–202
    Number of pages13
    ISBN (Print)978-90-420-0024-7
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - 1 Jan 1997

    Publication series

    NameCritical Studies

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