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The Uncanny child in Transnational Cinema : ghosts of futurity at the turn of the twenty-first century / Jessica Balanzategui.
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Balanzategui, Jessica, author.

Title & Author:

The Uncanny child in Transnational Cinema : ghosts of futurity at the turn of the twenty-first century / Jessica Balanzategui.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.

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1 online resource

Series:

Film culture in transition

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Open Access

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Child as Uncanny Other; Section One Secrets and Hieroglyphs: The Uncanny Child in American Horror Film; 1. The Child and Adult Trauma in American Horror of the 1980s; 2. The Uncanny Child of the Millennial Turn; Section Two Insects Trapped in Amber: The Uncanny Child in Spanish Horror Film; 3. The Child and Spanish Historical Trauma; 4. The Child Seer and the Allegorical Moment in Millennial Spanish Horror Cinema; Section Three Our Fear Has Taken on a Life of Its Own: The Uncanny Child in Japanese Horror Film.
5. The Child and Japanese National Trauma6. The Prosthetic Traumas of the Internal Alien in Millennial J-Horror; Section Four Trauma's Child: The Uncanny Child in Transnational Coproductions and Remakes; 7. The Transnational Uncanny Child; 8. Progress and Decay in the 21st Century; The Postmodern Uncanny Child in The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001); 9. 'Round and round, the world keeps spinning. When it stops, it's just beginning'; Analogue Ghosts and Digital Phantoms in The Ring (Gore Verbinski, 2002); Conclusion; Works Cited; Filmography; Artworks; Music; Film Index (by Country); Index.
Summary:

Contents: The Child as Uncanny Other / Section One / Secrets and Hieroglyphs: The Uncanny Child in American Horror Film / Chapter One: The Child and Adult Trauma in American Horror of the 1980s / Chapter Two: The Uncanny Child of the Millennial Turn / Section Two / Insects Trapped in Amber: The Uncanny Child in Spanish Horror Film / Chapter Three: The Child and Spanish Historical Trauma / Chapter Four: The Child Seer and the Allegorical Moment in / Millennial Spanish Horror Cinema. / Section Three / Our Fear Has Taken on a Life of Its Own: The Uncanny Child in Japanese Horror Film / Chapter Five: The Child and Japanese National Trauma / Chapter Six: The Prosthetic Traumas of the Internal Alien in Millennial J-Horror / Section Four[-]Trauma's Child: The Uncanny Child in Transnational Remakes and Co-productions / Chapter Seven: The Transnational Uncanny Child/ Chapter Eight: Progress and Decay in the Twenty-first Century: The Postmodern Uncanny Child in The Others / Chapter Nine: 'Round and round, the world keeps spinning. When it stops, it's just beginning:' Analogue Ghosts and Digital Phantoms in The Ring.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license

ISBN:

9789048537792 (electronic bk.)
9048537797 (electronic bk.)
9789462986510 (electronic bk.)
9462986517 (electronic bk.)

Subject:

Children in motion pictures.
Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis)
Horror films United States.
Horror films Spain.
Horror films Japan.
Performing arts.
Enfants au cinéma.
Inquiétante étrangeté (Psychanalyse)
Films d'horreur États-Unis.
Films d'horreur Espagne.
Films d'horreur Japon.
Arts du spectacle.
performing arts (discipline)
Ceramic arts, pottery, glass.
PERFORMING ARTS Reference.
ART General.
Horror films
Films, cinema.
Japan
Spain
United States
Media and Communications
History of Film
Cultural Studies
Film
Childhood Studies
Horror
Contemporary Period

Form/genre:

Discursive works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Host item:

Books at JSTOR: Open Access
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)

Added entries:

Film culture in transition.

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