Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator - Couverture rigide

Petrocelli, Heather O.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1837720517 ISBN 13 : 9781837720514

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2023

Synopsis

Queer for Fear analyses the relationship queer people have to horror film, building upon decades of theory that previously emphasised horror’s queerness as being subtextual, allegorical and figurative. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary empirical study of the LGBTQ+ community not only offers the first inclusive understanding of the horror-loving queer spectator’s opinions, habits and tastes, but also evidences how and why queers have a distinctive relationship to horror. Leveraging original survey data, in-depth oral histories and theory, Petrocelli evidences that queer people have ontological connections to the horror genre, and concludes that horror is queer to the queer spectator. This study also establishes that queer spectators actively engage with horror to work through their trauma, knowingly have a camp relationship to horror, and joyously commune through horror screenings featuring drag performance. Queer for Fear is an overdue contribution to the fields of queer, film, horror, trauma, camp and live cinema studies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Heather O. Petrocelli is an interdisciplinary independent scholar.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1837720517
• ISBN 13: 9781837720514
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible