Menacing environments : ecohorror in contemporary Nordic cinema /

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Author / Creator:	Bigelow, Benjamin (College teacher), author.
Imprint:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2023.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	New directions in Scandinavian studies New directions in Scandinavian studies.
Subject:	Nature in motion pictures. Environmental protection and motion pictures. Horror films -- Scandinavia -- History and criticism. Motion pictures -- Scandinavia -- History. Nature in motion pictures. Motion pictures. Horror films. Environmental protection and motion pictures. Scandinavia. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13916834

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ISBN:	9780295751658 0295751657 9780295751634 0295751630 9780295751641 0295751649
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index
Summary:	"In Menacing Environments, Benjamin Bigelow examines ecohorror as a film genre that generates fear and dread by dwelling on the threatening interconnectedness between humans and the environment. Though the combination of horror and the natural environment may be a counter-intuitive pairing for the region, the commercial and critical attention garnered by transnational Nordic ecohorror films such as Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009) and Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) shows that the relationship between humans and the natural environment is not always figured as innocent or benign"--
Other form:	Print version: 9780295751634 0295751630 9780295751641 0295751649
Standard no.:	10.6069/9780295751658

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