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Author:   Mathias Clasen (Associate Professor of Literature and Media Studies, Associate Professor of Literature and Media Studies, Aarhus University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 13.50cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780197535905

ISBN 10:   0197535909
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   13 January 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface: A Nervous Horror Researcher's Confessions Chapter 1: Introduction--""What's the Big Deal about Horror Cinema?"" Chapter 2: ""I'm Nervous about the Jump Scares"" Chapter 3: ""I'm Nervous about Horror Films and Nightmares"" Chapter 4: ""I'm Nervous about Horror Films and My Mental Health"" Chapter 5: ""I'm Nervous about Horror Films and My Physical Health"" Chapter 6: ""I'm Nervous that Horror Films Are Immoral"" Chapter 7: ""I'm Nervous that Watching Horror Makes Me Look Stupid"" Chapter 8: ""I'm Nervous about Kids Watching Horror"" Chapter 9: ""I'm Nervous about What the Popularity of Horror Says about Society"" Chapter 10: ""So. . . I Shouldn't Be Nervous at All?"" Chapter 11: ""Okay, I'm about Ready to Watch a Horror Film. What Now?"" Notes Works Cited"

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Mathias Clasen is like the Carl Sagan of horror. He enthusiastically brings us into the unknown, showing us the remarkable psychology and biology of scary movies-the deeper meanings hidden inside popular culture. His frontline research on horror audiences and their mixed emotions makes him a respected expert in this emerging field. But his expertise is matched by his own nervousness and anxiety about horror. This makes him a kindred spirit and perfect guide to the terrifying world of attraction and repulsion. * Stephen Asma, author of On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears *

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Mathias Clasen is Associate Professor of Literature and Media Studies at Aarhus University. He is interested in the paradox of horror and researches the psychological underpinnings of horror from an evolutionary perspective. He has also conducted empirical studies on the psychology and physiology of haunted house visitors. Clasen is the author of Why Horror Seduces (OUP, 2017) and associate editor of the journal Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture.

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