The domination of fear:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Editions Rodopi 2010
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
pt. 1. Cultural materialisation of fear, horror, terror -- pt. 2. Fear, horror and politics -- pt. 3. Fear, horror and literature
The tropes of fear, horror and terror have come to play a dominant role the analysis of contemporary social life. The predominance of fear, as the frame through which we narrativize experience, can be perceived readily echoing across various fields from theoretical research, to the mass media, to the quotidian. Despite the commonly held view that fear is a primitive and universal affect, its definition, potential value, and perceived effects vary wildly in each instance
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 214 pages)
ISBN:9042030844
9042030852
9789042030848
9789042030855

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