{"product_id":"mastering-fear-rikke-schubart-9781501336713","title":"Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions, and Contemporary Horror","description":"\u003ci\u003eMastering Fear\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes horror as play and examines what functions horror has and why it is adaptive and beneficial for audiences. It takes a biocultural approach, and focusing on emotions, gender, and play, it argues we play with fiction horror. In horror we engage not only with the negative emotions of fear and disgust, but with a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative. The book lays out a new theory of horror and analyzes female protagonists in contemporary horror from child to teen, adult, middle age, and old age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the turn of the millennium, we have seen a new generation of female protagonists in horror. There are feisty teens in \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e (2009-2017), troubled mothers in \u003ci\u003eThe Babadook\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and struggling women in the New French extremity with \u003ci\u003eMartyrs\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eInside\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). At the fuzzy edges of the genre are dramas like \u003ci\u003ePan's Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and middle-age women are now protagonists with Carol in \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (2010-) and Jessica Lange's characters in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Horror Story\u003c\/i\u003e (2011-). Horror is not just for men, but also for women, and not just for the young, but for audiences of all ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rikke Schubart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501336711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501336713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019","brand":"Rikke Schubart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153710231807,"sku":"9781501336713","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd578869-7927-4929-af85-1f38a5481066.jpg?v=1770785309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mastering-fear-rikke-schubart-9781501336713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}