{"product_id":"labors-of-fear-aviva-briefel-9781477327210","title":"Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow work and capitalism inspire horror in modern film.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e American ideals position work as a source of pride, opportunity, and meaning. Yet the ravages of labor are constant grist for horror films. Going back decades to the mad scientists of classic cinema, the menial motel job that prepares Norman Bates for his crimes in \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e, and the unemployed slaughterhouse workers of \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, horror movies have made the case that work is not so much a point of pride as a source of monstrosity. \u003cp\u003e Editors Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton assemble the first study of horror's critique of labor. In the 1970s and 1980s, films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e responded to deindustrialization, automation, globalization, and rising numbers of women in the workforce. \u003ci\u003eLabors of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e explores these critical issues and extends them in discussions of recent works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Autopsy of Jane Doe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurvival of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Follows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUs. \u003c\/i\u003eCovering films ranging from the 1970s onward, these essays address novel and newly recognized modes and conditions of labor: reproductive labor, emotion work and emotional labor, social media and self-branding, intellectual labor, service work, precarity, and underemployment. In its singular way, horror continues to make spine-tingling sense of what is most destructive in the wider sociopolitical context of US capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aviva Briefel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477327215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477327210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023","brand":"Aviva Briefel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069449466111,"sku":"9781477327210","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55b9174f-6ed0-4f67-b881-a24f28cc3696.jpg?v=1685424775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/labors-of-fear-aviva-briefel-9781477327210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}