Violence in the Films of Stephen King (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Magistrale, Tony; Blouin, Michael J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work-ranging from the earliest films in the King canonto his most recent iterations-through a variety of lenses. Investigating the diverse and varying roles that violence continues to play as both the level of violence and the gendered depictions of violence have evolved, many of the contributors come to the conclusion that King's films have grown more violent over time. This book also examines the fine line between necessary violence and sensationalist violence, discussing the complexity of determining what constitutes violence with a narrative and ethical significance versus violence intended solely to titillate, repulse, or otherwise draw an emotional reaction from viewers. Scholars of film studies, horror studies, literary studies, and gender studies will find this book particularly useful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793635808
• Artikelnr.: 62247412

Autorenporträt

Tony Magistrale is professor of English at the University of Vermont. Michael J. Blouin is associate professor of English and the humanities at Milligan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Michael J. Blouin and Tony Magistrale
1. Stephen King's Carrie: Victim No More?
Sarah E. Turner
2. An American Hyde: Stephen King's A Good Marriage
Tony Magistrale
3. The Mad Lady: Racial and Sexual Violence in Mick Garris's Bag of Bones
Phoenix Crockett and Stephen Indrisano
4. Cujo, the Black Man, and the Story of Patty Hearst
Sarah Nilsen
5. King of Pain: Exposing the Raw, "Unpleasant Truth" of Stephen King's Use
of Extreme Violence in Doctor Sleep
Mary Findley
6. Violence Persists: Muschietti's IT Films and a Sadistic Status Quo
Michael J. Blouin
7. "Cut You Up into Little Pieces": Ghosts & Violence in Kubrick's The
Shining
Danel Olson
8. Tempered Violence in Frank Darabont's Adaptations of Stephen King: The
Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile
Maura Grady
9. Hiding in Plain Sight: Watching and the Unconscious in Stephen King's
Mr. Mercedes Trilogy on Page and Screen
Brian Kent
10. Political Allegory and the Plague of Violence in the Television
Adaptation of The Outsider
Philip L. Simpson
11. The Invasive Gaze: Surveillance Camera Shots in Flanagan's Doctor Sleep
and Price's The Outsider
Matthew Muller
12. "Murder is Damnation, But Murder is Also Work": Violence, Patriarchy,
and the Work Ethic in 1922
Jason Clemence
13. Lost in the Supermarket: When "The Mist" Fogs Our Mind . . . When Basic
Emotions Transform into Monstrous Acts
Alexandra Reuber
14. Stephen King's Big Driver: A Utopian Road to Justice
Patrick McAleer
About the Contributors