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" The horror sensorium : "
Angela Ndalianis
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BL
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585460
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b414679
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Ndalianis, Angela
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The horror sensorium : : media and the senses /\ Angela Ndalianis
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vii, 223 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9780786461271
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: 0786461276
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-215) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Horror aesthetics and the sensorium -- Dancing with the living dead: video games, avatars and arms on the brain -- Dark rides, hybrid machines and the multisensory experience -- Paranormal romance: Anita Blake, Sookie Stackhouse and the monsters who love them -- Payback's a bitch! death proof, planet terror and the carnivalization of grindhouse cinema -- Hail to the king! techno-intertexts, video game horror and doom -- Transmedia and the sensorium: from Blair witch to True blood
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"Through analyses of various mediums, this volume explores how the horror genre affects the mind and body of the spectator. By examining how these diverse media generate medium-specific corporeal and sensory responses, it reveals how the sensorium interweaves sensory and intellectual encounters to produce powerful systems of perception"--
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Horror films-- History and criticism
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Horror television programs-- History and criticism
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Motion picture audiences
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/6164
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PN1995.9.H6N35 2012
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