TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerrard,Steven
AU  - Holland,Samantha
AU  - Shail,Robert
TI  - Gender and contemporary horror in television
T2  - Emerald studies in popular culture and gender
SN  - 9781787691032 (e-book)
AV  - PN1992.8.H67 G46 2019
U1  - 808.225 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Bingley, U.K.
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Horror television programs
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Sex role on television
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Gender Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Media studies
KW  - bicssc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prelims -- Introduction -- The monstrous feminine -- The monstrous masculine -- The monstrous other -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Select filmography -- Index
N2  - The successful return of horror to our television screens in the post-millennial years, and across a multi-media range of platforms, demonstrates that this previously moribund genre is once again vibrant, challenging and long-lasting. The traditional TV audience of the past would have watched very few horror TV shows, because not many were made. But that has changed. Programme makers have tapped into their public's insatiable need - in these days of terrorism, violence and mayhem - to provide programmes that have high production values, engaging storylines, and plenty of frights and gore. Horror TV offers a safety-valve for its audience, one that enables them to enter into it from the safety of their armchairs. The era of instant access, streaming, downloading and binge-watching whole seasons over a weekend, where fandom has blossomed into a cultural force, clearly shows horror as a vital part of today's TV scheduling. This edited collection investigates the rising popularity of horror-television through deconstructing the gender roles within them via series of case studies including such programmes as Hannibal, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Penny Dreadful, Supernatural, The Exorcist and Bates Motel. By using a series of case studies and employing theoretical modes of close analysis, each chapter demonstrates how and why these TV shows are important in reflecting the changing gender roles within modern society
UR  - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787691032
ER  -