Recreational terror
Subtitle: women and the pleasures of horror film viewing
By: Isabel Cristina Pinedo.
Series: SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Horror films -- History and criticism; Motion picture audiences; Motion pictures and women
Other titles: Women and the pleasures of horror film viewing
Description: In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence, and contends instead that the contemporary horror film speaks to the cultural need to express rage and terror in the midst of social upheaval.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.
"Films cited": (p. 163-166).