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A study of the important contributions of the Parisian Grand-Guignol theatre's Golden Age. Grand-Gugignol Cinema and the Horror Genre maps important contributions of the Parisian Grand-Guignol theatre's Golden Age as theoretical considerations of embodiment and affect in the development of horror cinema in the twentieth century. This study traces key components of the Grand-Guignol stage as a means to explore the immersive and corporeal aspects of horror cinema from the sound period to today.

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Author:   Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781839980961

ISBN 10:   1839980966
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   14 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Grand-Guignol Cinema and the Senses Eyes Without a Face, Attractions, Affect and Facial Trauma; One The Grand-Guignol Theatre: A Short History of the Theatre and Spatial Ecologies of Dread The Hitch-Hiker and Shivers; Two Grotesque Carnivals of “Stubborn” Aurality: Embodied Discourse in Early Talkie Horror Cinema Murders in the Rue Morgue, Freaks, and The Black Cat; Three The Sight of Corpses in the Ruins of Modernity: Surgical Sadists under Censorship The Body Snatcher, and Mad Love, The Blood of the Beasts; Four Erotic Abattoirs of Bad Taste: Unproductive Potlatch in Exploitation Cinema Fascination, Grapes of Death, and Salò, or 120 Days of Sodom; Five French Colonial Skinning: Affect and Becoming-Wound in the Cinema of Sensation Trouble Every Day, Sombre, and In My Skin; Conclusion: Drag Performativity and Multisensorial Dread Blood and Black Lace and Psycho; Bibliography; Index

Reviews

To reckon with the horror film's connections to the Grand Guignol theatre is to refigure our understanding of the horror genre. DeGiglio-Bellemare stages this reckoning with the sort of ambition, enthusiasm and a wide range of references that enrich horror studies. This is a stimulating and provocative book - Adam Lowenstein, author of Horror Film and Otherness, Professor of English and Film/Media Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA. This is a terrific book. While horror scholars frequently use the term 'Grand-Guignol' as a sort of shorthand - 'Grand-Guignol effects,' or 'Guignol Treatment' - we haven't devoted the time and scholarship to fully unpack the Grand-Guignol's lingering influence and affect in horror cinema. If that were all this book did, that would be enough to make it a necessary addition to the field. But DeGiglio-Bellemare also provides a rich and thick theoretical horror discussion - invoking Bataille, cultural studies, Marx and the rich scholarly history of the field. Well-written and immensely readable, this is a smart, sophisticated, well-conceived book - by a terrific scholar. Belongs on the bookshelf of every horror scholar and horror lover, and definitely belongs on the syllabus - Joan Hawkins, author of Cutting-Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-garde.

Author Information

Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare teaches courses ingenre cinema, grotesque traditions, cinematic embodiment and monster ethics in the Humanities department atJohn Abbott College, Canada. He is also an independent filmmaker and the co-director of the Montreal Monstrum Society.

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