Microbiology and Horror Cinema
暫譯: 微生物學與恐怖電影

Dudenhoeffer, Larrie

Microbiology and Horror Cinema
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2025-07-29
  • 售價: $5,670
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $5,387
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 304
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303194397X
  • ISBN-13: 9783031943973
  • 相關分類: 生物資訊 Bioinformatics

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This book redefines the landscape of horror cinema by exploring the intersection of microbiology and film. Microbiology and Horror Cinema delves into the chilling world of pathogens--funguses, bacteria, parasites, and viruses--and their influence on the narrative and visual conventions of both classic and contemporary horror films. By examining movies like The Exorcist, Annabelle, The Wicker Man, The Skeleton Key, and Crawl, this monograph offers a fresh perspective on how these microscopic threats shape our understanding of fear and embodiment.

The chapters investigate such critical themes as the representation of disease, the impact of infection on human and non-human bodies, and the cultural significance of these narratives in the context of global health crises. Readers will encounter thought-provoking analyses that challenge traditional interpretations of horror, inviting them to consider the invisible yet pervasive anxieties that these films evoke. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the evolving discourse on horror cinema and infectious disease, as it provides a unique epidemiological lens through which to view these unsettling stories.

Scholars, students, and enthusiasts of film studies, cultural studies, medical humanities, and microbiology will find Microbiology and Horror Cinema an invaluable resource. It offers a compelling exploration of how horror films reflect and amplify our deepest fears about disease and contagion.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書重新定義了恐怖電影的格局，探討微生物學與電影的交集。《微生物學與恐怖電影》深入研究病原體的驚悚世界——真菌、細菌、寄生蟲和病毒——以及它們對經典和當代恐怖電影敘事和視覺慣例的影響。通過檢視《驅魔人》、《安娜貝爾》、《柳樹人》、《骷髏鑰匙》和《爬行》等電影，本專著提供了一個全新的視角，探討這些微觀威脅如何塑造我們對恐懼和具身性的理解。

各章節調查了疾病的表現、感染對人類和非人類身體的影響，以及在全球健康危機背景下這些敘事的文化意義等重要主題。讀者將會遇到引人深思的分析，挑戰傳統的恐怖解釋，邀請他們考慮這些電影所喚起的無形卻普遍的焦慮。本書是任何對恐怖電影和傳染病不斷演變的論述感興趣的讀者必讀之作，因為它提供了一個獨特的流行病學視角，讓人們以此來觀看這些令人不安的故事。

學者、學生以及電影研究、文化研究、醫學人文學和微生物學的愛好者將會發現《微生物學與恐怖電影》是一個無價的資源。它提供了一個引人入勝的探索，說明恐怖電影如何反映並放大我們對疾病和傳染的最深層恐懼。

作者簡介

Larrie Dudenhoeffer is a Professor of English at Kennesaw State University, USA, in the metro Atlanta area specializing in film and television studies, critical theory, and American studies. He is the author of Embodiment and Horror Cinema (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), Anatomy of the Superhero Film (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), and Walls without Cinema: State Security and Subjective Embodiment in Twenty-First Century U.S. Filmmaking (2019).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Larrie Dudenhoeffer 是美國肯尼索州立大學（Kennesaw State University）英語教授，專注於電影與電視研究、批評理論及美國研究。他是《Embodiment and Horror Cinema》（身體化與恐怖電影，Palgrave Macmillan, 2014）、《Anatomy of the Superhero Film》（超級英雄電影的解剖，Palgrave Macmillan, 2017）以及《Walls without Cinema: State Security and Subjective Embodiment in Twenty-First Century U.S. Filmmaking》（沒有電影的牆：21世紀美國電影製作中的國家安全與主觀身體化，2019）的作者。

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