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It makes us jump. It makes us scream. It haunts our nightmares. So why do we watch horror? Why do we play it? What could possibly be appealing about a genre that tries to terrify us? Why would we subject ourselves to shriek-inducing shocks, or spend dozens of hours watching a television show about grotesque flesh-eating monsters? Horror offers us a connection to fears that are otherwise unspeakable, even inconceivable, so why do we seek it out? Monstrous Forms offers a theory of horror that works through the genre across a broad range of contemporary moving-image media: film, television, videogames, YouTube, gifs, streaming, virtual reality. This book analyzes our experience of and engagement with horror by focusing on its form, paying special attention to the common ground, the styles and forms that move between mediums. It looks at the ways that moving-image horror addresses its audiences, the ways that it elicits, or demands, responses from its viewers, players, browsers. Camera movement (or "camera" movement), jump scares, offscreen monsters--horror innovates and perfects styles that directly provoke and stimulate the bodies in front of the screen. Analyzing films including Paranormal Activity, It Follows, and Get Out, videogames including Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Layers of Fear, and Until Dawn, and TV shows including The Walking Dead and American Horror Story, Monstrous Forms argues for understanding horror through its sensational address and dissects the forms that make that address so effective. Horror, Film Studies, New Media, Digital Media, Game Studies, Television Studies, Monsters and Monstrosity, Gifs, YouTube, Netflix, Spectatorship
Horror films --- Horror in mass media. --- Horror television programs --- Films d'horreur --- Horreur --- Télévision --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique. --- Dans les médias. --- Émissions d'horreur
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This book gets to the heart of trophy hunting, unpacking and explaining its multiple facets and controversies, and exploring why it divides environmentalists, the hunting community, and the public. Bichel and Hart provide the first interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the study of trophy hunting, investigating the history of trophy hunting, and delving into the background, identity and motivation of trophy hunters. They also explore the role of social media and anthropomorphism in shaping trophy hunting discourse, as well as the viability of trophy hunting as a wildlife management tool, the ideals of fair chase and sportsmanship, and what hunting trophies are, both literally and in terms of their symbolic value to hunters and non-hunters. The analyses and discussions are underpinned by a consideration of the complex moral and practical conflicts between animal rights and conservation paradigms. This book appeals to scholars in environmental philosophy, conservation and environmental studies, as well as hunters, hunting opponents, wildlife management practitioners, and policymakers, and anyone with a broad interest in human–wildlife relations.
Ethics. --- Animal welfare—Moral and ethical aspects. --- Human ecology—Study and teaching. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Social media. --- Civilization—History. --- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. --- Animal Ethics. --- Environmental Studies. --- Conservation Biology. --- Social Media. --- Cultural History. --- User-generated media --- Communication --- User-generated content --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Animal welfare --- Big game hunting --- Wildlife conservation. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Animal conservation --- Animals --- Conservation of wildlife --- Preservation of wildlife --- Protection of wildlife --- Species conservation --- Species preservation --- Species protection --- Wildlife preservation --- Wildlife protection --- Wildlife resources conservation --- Wildlife resources preservation --- Wildlife resources protection --- Conservation of natural resources --- Endangered species --- Wildlife management --- Hunting --- Conservation --- Human ecology --- Civilization --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- Cultural history --- Environmental studies
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