{"product_id":"9783030882532","title":"Baroque Aesthetics in Contemporary American Horror","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBaroque Aesthetics in Contemporary American Horror\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEljaiek-Rodríguez, Gabriel\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces a trend that has emerged in recent years within the modern panorama of American horror film and television, the concurrent—and often overwhelming—use of multiple stock characters, themes and tropes taken from classics of the genre. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Horror Story, Insidious \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Conjuring\u003c\/i\u003e are examples of a filmic tendency to address a series of topics and themes so vast that at first glance each taken separately would seem to suffice for individual films or shows. This book explores this trend in its visible connections with American Horror, but also with cultural and artistic movements from outside the US, namely Baroque art and architecture, Asian Horror, and European Horror. It analyzes how these hybrid products are constructed and discusses the socio-political issues that they raise. The repeated and excessive barrage of images, tropes and scenarios from distinct subgenres of iconic horror films come together to make up an aesthetic that is referred to in this book as \u003ci\u003eBaroque Horror\u003c\/i\u003e. In many ways similar to the reactions provoked by the artistic movement of the same name that flourished in the XVII century, these productions induce shock, awe, fear, and surprise. Eljaiek-Rodríguez details how American directors and filmmakers construct these narratives using different and sometimes disparate elements that come together to function as a whole, terrifying the audience through their frenetic accumulation of images, tropes and plot twists. The book also addresses some of the effects that these complex films and series have produced both in the panorama of contemporary horror, as well as in how we understand politics in a divisive world that pushes for ideological homogenizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-12-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030882532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-88251-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 179\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47531816845452,"sku":"9783030882532","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030882532.jpg?v=1776054164","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030882532","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}