What's Blood Got to Do with It? A Culture of Cinema Horrors at the Precipice of an Abyss

Autor/inn/en	Siodmak, Erin; Scannell, R. Joshua
Titel	What's Blood Got to Do with It? A Culture of Cinema Horrors at the Precipice of an Abyss
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 50 (2022) 4, S.399-408 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X221120870
Schlagwörter	Films; Fear; Mass Media Effects; Cultural Influences; Teaching Methods; Film Study; Sociology; Gender Issues; Feminism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Furcht; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Filmkurs; Soziologie; Geschlechterfrage; Feminismus
Abstract	At a cultural moment in which the horrifying is central, what are the pedagogical options available by which to teach and think with our students? Horror movies, like all media, are mythmakers; media and culture reflect and reproduce but also create or consolidate. Teaching horror leads to new conversations, makes the familiar strange, and gives students new language and tools through which to assess and rewrite cultural and social narratives. This conversation bridges sociology, gender studies, and media studies to highlight the importance and usefulness of film analysis and theoretical texts that fall outside of sociology in developing robust sociological and interdisciplinary dialogue. We review the films, texts, themes, and approaches that we have used to get students to read difficult theory, think collaboratively and critically, and write in ways that push their voices and ideas beyond that with which they are accustomed and comfortable. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01