Contemporary Thai Horror Film
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-8445-9 (ISBN)
This book focuses on the most significant and dominant characteristic of Thai cinema throughout its history: the Thai incarnation of the horror genre and the central role this plays in Thailand’s film industry.
Tracing the development of Thai cinema throughout wider contextual changes, the book explores the influence of audiences and viewing scenarios from previous decades upon this industry today. Most evident in the popular horror genre, close analysis of films demonstrates a specific style of Thai cinema as well as the wider social forces (both formal and thematic) that have shaped Thai cinema as a national industry. Looking at these films through a framework built from horror theory, this book questions our understanding of ‘horror’ as a generic category when we move outside of its traditional Euro-American origins and the voyeuristic viewing scenario often associated with the genre.
Mary Jane Ainslie is Associate Professor in Film and Media at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China Campus. She is the author of ‘Contemporary Thai Horror Film: A Monstrous Hybrid’ (EUP, 2023) and Anti-Semitism in Contemporary Malaysia: Malay Nationalism, Philosemitism and Pro-Israel Expressions (2019) as well as the co-editor of Southeast Asia On Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1998) (2020) and Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide’ (2015).
Introduction
Chapter 1: Post-war Thai Cinema: Audiences and Film Style in a Divided Nation
Chapter 2: After the 16mm era: Horror and Progressive Social Critique
Chapter 3: New Thai Cinema and Nang Nak: Heritage Horror and Economic Crisis
Chapter 4: Thai Horror and the ‘Other’: Zee Oui and Ghost Game
Chapter 5: The Monstrous Thai feminine: Shutter and the ‘Vengeful Ghosts’
Chapter 6: Horror Beyond the Screen: Victim, The Screen at Kamchanod and Coming Soon
Chapter 7: Village Horror: Continuing a Provincial Film Style
Chapter 8: Middle Class Horror and Urban Modernity: The Promise
Chapter 9: Regional and International Success in the Digital Age: Folk Horror and a Southeast Asian Model
Conclusion
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.01.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Traditions in World Cinema |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-8445-X / 147448445X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-8445-9 / 9781474484459 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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