Screening the Marquis de Sade
Subtitle: pleasure, pain and the transgressive body in film
By: Lindsay Anne Hallam
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786462964
Subjects: Monsters in motion pictures; Influence; Thrillers (Motion pictures); History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Horror films; Suffering in motion pictures; Sadism in motion pictures; Sade,
Description: "Since its publication, the works of the Marquis de Sade have challenged the reading public with a philosophy of relentless physical transgression. This is the first book-length academic study by a single author that applies the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade to the analysis of a wide array of film texts"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade; title: The monster in horror. Vampires; title: Zombies; title: Werewolves; title: Monstrous humans. Serial killers; title: Cannibals; title: The transhuman; title: Victims. Women; title: Adolescents; title: Sexual transgressors. Sadists; title: Masochists; title: Conclusion.