Modern Ghost Melodramas
eBook - PDF

Modern Ghost Melodramas

'What Lies Beneath'

  1. 490 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Modern Ghost Melodramas

'What Lies Beneath'

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 2. Three Major Predecessors
  5. 3. The Fallow Years: An Assortment of Ghosts
  6. Seminal Films
  7. 4. Ghosts in the City
  8. 5. Ghosts in the Machine
  9. 6. Schoolgirl Angst
  10. 7. Childhood Abuse
  11. Evolution of the cycle
  12. 8. Generic Developments 1: Messages from the Dead
  13. 9. Spain and History 1: Politics and War
  14. 10. Hollywood Reinflections
  15. 11. Asian Variations
  16. 12. Generic Developments 2: Ghosts in the Woman’s Film
  17. 13. Ghosts and Institutions 1: South Korea
  18. 14. Ghosts and Institutions 2: The West
  19. 15. National Variations
  20. 16. Anatomy of the Ghost Melodrama
  21. 17. Spain and History 2: The Franco Legacy and the Catholic Church
  22. 18. The Return of the British Ghost Film
  23. 19. Recent US developments and conclusion
  24. Filmography
  25. Illustrations
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index