"Through meticulous historical research, Spadoni in "Uncanny Bodies" provides a fine understanding of the aesthetic and cultural context in which the original Universal film version of "Dracula" appeared. Through analyses of films that came before and after, he successfully restores "Dracula"'s strangeness for a contemporary audience, a strangeness that reflects the rapidly evolving conventions of the early sound film. A significant contribution to reception studies, "Uncanny Bodies" makes us see why "Dracula, " while ...
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"Through meticulous historical research, Spadoni in "Uncanny Bodies" provides a fine understanding of the aesthetic and cultural context in which the original Universal film version of "Dracula" appeared. Through analyses of films that came before and after, he successfully restores "Dracula"'s strangeness for a contemporary audience, a strangeness that reflects the rapidly evolving conventions of the early sound film. A significant contribution to reception studies, "Uncanny Bodies" makes us see why "Dracula, " while holding little terror for subsequent audiences, is nevertheless both a foundational work for the horror film, and also, paradoxically, an anomaly, one effectively overshadowed by "Frankenstein.""--William Paul, author of "Laughing Screaming: Modern Hollywood Horror and Comedy" ""Uncanny Bodies" is a pleasure to read. I know of no other work that has looked as closely at early sound and horror films to make a persuasive argument about horror's relation to the beginnings of sound film. Given the voluminous literature on Universal horror films, Spadoni presents some very original ideas and frames his inquiry in an interesting way."--Jan-Christopher Horak, editor of "Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde, 1919-1945"
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 9780520251229.
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Good. Inside is very clean and unmarked. Only lightly read. Cover has some rubbing and light scratches. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 202 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Berkeley. 2007. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780520251229. 202 pages. paperback. keywords: Film Horror Sound History. FROM THE PUBLISHER-In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound film. Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers unreal and ghostly. By comparing this audience impression to the first sound horror films, Robert Spadoni makes a case for understanding film viewing as a force that can powerfully shape both the minutest aspects of individual films and the broadest sweep of film production trends, and for seeing aftereffects of the temporary weirdness of sound film deeply etched in the basic character of one of our most enduring film genres. inventory #36519.
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