Primal roots of horror cinema evolutionary psychology and narratives of fear
2001: a space odyssey -- The territorial narrative -- The assimilation narrative -- The tribal narrative -- The mating narrative in the Gothic romance -- The predator narrative -- The other narrative : ghosts, slashers, witches and robots as other
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
2019
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 2001: a space odyssey -- The territorial narrative -- The assimilation narrative -- The tribal narrative -- The mating narrative in the Gothic romance -- The predator narrative -- The other narrative : ghosts, slashers, witches and robots as other "Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology experts posit that behaviors from our ancestors that favored survival and adaptation still influence us today. The author, with input from a new generation of Darwinists, explores six primal narratives recurring in the horror genre: territoriality, tribalism, fear of genetic assimilation, mating rituals, fear of the predator, and distrust or fear of the Other"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | v, 211 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476674278 978-1-4766-7427-8 |