Our Old Monsters

Witches, Werewolves and Vampires from Medieval Theology to Horror Cinema

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These "old monsters" have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts. They codified divine perfection as warm, light, male and associated with the ethereal world beyond the moon, while evil imperfection was cold, dark, female and bound to the corrupt world below the moon. All who did not conform to divine goodness--including un-holy women and Jews--were considered evil and ascribed a melancholic, blood hungry and demonic physiology. This construct was the basis for anti-woman and anti-Jewish discourse that has persisted through modern Western culture. Nowhere is this more evident than in horror films, where the witch, the vampire and the werewolf represent our fear of the inverted other.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:345 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786476800

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Brenda S. Gardenour Walter is an associate professor of history at the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy with research interests in the role of Aristotelian discourse, learned medicine, scholastic theology and the continued influence of medieval otherness on the horror genre. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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If you need a grounding on the subject and some of the films out there then this book will serve you well." - SFCrowsnest , February 2016

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPreface 1Introduction 3Part I: Medieval Foundations 151. Upside-Down and Inside-Out: The Medieval Construction of Earthbound Evil 162. Satanic Cinema: His Legacy Is Legion 423. Wanton Flesh and Poisoned Breath: Crafting the Satanic Witch 684. Wicked Women: Female Flesh, the Satanic Witch and the Horror Film 98Part II: Modern Permutations 1355. The Transgressive Monster: From the Melancholic Jew to the Blood-Sucking Vampire 1366. A Cursed Embodiment: Modernity, Medievalism and the Melancholic Werewolf 166Epilogue 195Chapter Notes 197Bibliography 223Filmography 234Index 237

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