{"product_id":"the-dread-of-difference-gender-and-the-horror-film-9780292772458","title":"The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dread of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic. Few film studies texts have been so widely read and so influential. It's rarely on the shelf at my university library, so continuously does it circulate. Now this new edition expands the already comprehensive coverage of gender in the horror film with new essays on recent developments such as the \u003ci\u003eHostel\u003c\/i\u003e series and torture porn. Informative and enlightening, this updated classic is an essential reference for fans and students of horror movies.\"--Stephen Prince, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eDigital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An impressive array of distinguished scholars . . . gazes deeply into the darkness and then forms a Dionysian chorus reaffirming that sexuality and the monstrous are indeed mated in many horror films.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extremely useful introduction to recent thinking about gender issues within this genre.\"--\u003ci\u003eFilm Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant, Barry Keith:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Barry Keith Grant is Professor in the Department of Communications, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University. He is the author or editor of many books, including 100 Science Fiction Films, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and four editions of Film Genre Reader.","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872510054674,"sku":"9780292772458","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f435781-69a1-4aad-b00a-134db56527a7.jpg?v=1737900187","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dread-of-difference-gender-and-the-horror-film-9780292772458","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}