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Phases of the Moon : a cultural history of the werewolf film by Craig Ian Mann is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Phases of the Moon : a cultural history of the werewolf film about?
Horror monsters such as the vampire, the zombie and Frankenstein's tragic creature have long been the subjects of in-depth cultural studies, but the werewolf has often been considered little more than the 'beast within': a psychoanalytic analogue for the bestial side of man. This book, the first comprehensive history of the werewolf in cinema, redresses the balance by exploring over 100 years of werewolf films, from The Werewolf (1913) to Wildling (2018) via The Wolf Man (1941), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), Werewolves on Wheels (1971), The Howling (1981) and WolfCop (2014). Revealing the significance of she-wolves and wolf-men as evolving metaphors for the pervading fears and anxieties of their times, Phases of the Moon places its case studies in their immediate historical context to make clear that the hirsute horrors at the centre of the werewolf film have engaged with issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, crime, war and any number of other social and political concerns. It thus serves as a companion and a counterpoint to existing scholarship on the werewolf in popular culture, and illustrates how we can begin to understand one of our oldest mythical monsters as a rich,
Who reads Phases of the Moon : a cultural history of the werewolf film?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Craig Ian Mann
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781474441117
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, History, Sports
