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Author:   Gina Freitag ,  André Loiselle
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781442650541

ISBN 10:   1442650540
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   11 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Terror of the Soul: An Introduction - Gina Freitag and André Loiselle I – SHAPING THE CANADIAN HORROR LANDSCAPE 1. Monsters Up North: A Taxonomy of Terror – Caelum Vatnsdal 2. Viral Culture: Canadian Cultural Protectionism and Pontypool – Andrea Subissati II – THE TERRITORIES OF HORROR: TERROR STORIES ON PAGE AND SCREEN 3. Blood in the Bush Garden: Indigenization, Gender and Unsettling Horror – Aalya Ahmad 4. Pure Laine Evil: The Horrifying Normality of Québec’s Ordinary Hell in the Film Adaptations of Patrick Senécal’s ‘Romans d’Épouvante’ – André Loiselle III – A GOLDEN AGE OF GORE: THE TAX SHELTER SLASHER 5. (Who’s in the) Driver’s Seat: The Canadian Brute Unleashed in Death Weekend – Paul Corupe  6. The Creation and Codification of the Forest Slasher during the Tax Shelter Years 1977–1982 – Mark R. Hasan IV – THE TRUE NORTH, STRONG AND VIOLENT: ECO-HORROR IN CANADA 7. The [Hostile] Nature of Things: A Cultural Dialogue on Environmental Survival – Gina Freitag  8. Eco-Horror and Boundary Transgressions in Orca: The Killer Whale – Peter Thompson V – HORROR BY ANY OTHER NAME: ANIMATION AND THE AVANT GARDE 9. A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time: The Fear of Selling out in Nelvana’s The Devil and Daniel Mouse and Rock and Rule – Kier-La Janisse  10. Where is Fear? Space, Place, and the Sense of Horror in the Canadian Avant-Garde Film – Scott Birdwise VI – BLOOD, GUTS, AND BEYOND: AN HOMAGE TO CRONENBERG 11. Traces of Horror: the Later Films of David Cronenberg – Bill Beard 12. The Physician as Mad Scientist: A Fear of Deviant Medical Practices in the Films of David Conenberg – James Burrell 13. Contagious Characters: Cronenberg's Rabid, Demarbre's Smash Cut and the Reframing of Porn- fame – Sean Moreland ‘Canadian Mental-Case’: A Conclusion – Gina Freitag and André Loiselle Bibliography Filmography

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‘These excellent essays identify precisely what sets the Canadian horror film apart from its American and British brethren…. Highly recommended.’ -- G.A. Foster * Choice Magazine vol 53:08:2016 *

'These excellent essays identify precisely what sets the Canadian horror film apart from its American and British brethren... Highly recommended.' -- G.A. Foster Choice Magazine vol 53:08:2016

Author Information

Gina Freitag is an independent scholar and the founder of the Cellar Door Film Festival in Ottawa. AndrÉ Loiselle is a professor in the Film Studies program and assistant vice-president (Academic) at Carleton University.

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