Educational Institutions in Horror Film
A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams
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2015
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1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-50043-7 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-50043-7 (ISBN)
An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the issue of school violence, focusing on movies set in high schools, colleges, and summer camps.
Andrew Grunzke received his PhD in Foundations of Education from the University of Florida, USA. He is Assistant Professor of Education at Mercer University, USA.
1. Introduction 2. Is There A Doctor In The House?: The Evolution of Van Helsing And Frankenstein As Intellectual 3. The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll: The Evolution of Film and Television Portrayals of Stevenson's Intellectual in the Age of Academe 4. Student Bodies: The School as Locus of Trauma in American Horror Films of the 1970s and 1980s 5. Final Exams and Greek Tragedies: Colleges and Universities in American Horror Films of the 1970s and 1980s 6. Survival Training: Summer Camp as Educational Institution in Slasher Films of the 1980s 7. Some Concluding Thoughts
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.08.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | IX, 204 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | Frankenstein • High School • history of education • horror film • Jekyll • mad scientist • School Violence • sorority • summer camp • Van Helsing |
ISBN-10 | 1-349-50043-7 / 1349500437 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-349-50043-7 / 9781349500437 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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