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The Ethics of Horror
Spectral Alterity in Twenty-First-Century Horror Film
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2024
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The Ethics of Horror: Spectral Alterity in Twenty-First Century Horror Film examines the theme of spectral haunting in contemporary American horror cinema through the lens of ethical responsibility. Arguing that moral obligation can manifest as terror to the complacent self, the text extracts this dimension of ethics in twenty-first century horror films. Drawing on the ethical theories of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, which posit the asymmetrical obligation of the self to the other, Michael Burke highlights how recent horror films portray spectral antagonists as ethical others that hound protagonists and summon them to an accountability that they can neither evade nor ever completely fulfill. Burke observes the resulting destabilization of notions of ethical responsibility and justice in a variety of contemporary horror subgenres, including technohorror, haunted house and zombie films.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-66691-084-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1085-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
250
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
Haunted by the Other No access Pages 19 - 46
Technohorror No access Pages 47 - 98
Haunted Hostage No access Pages 99 - 144
Zombie Alterity No access Pages 145 - 200
Conclusion No access Pages 201 - 214
Bibliography No access Pages 215 - 236
Filmography No access Pages 237 - 242
Index No access Pages 243 - 248
About the Author No access Pages 249 - 250
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