{"product_id":"the-metamodern-slasher-film-9781399520959","title":"The Metamodern Slasher Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of \"classics\". Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics (and critics), leaving the field with a limited understanding of this highly popular subgenre. This book corrects that mischaracterisation by analysing contemporary slasher films that sincerely attempt to innovate within the subgenre. I argue that these films reflect broader cultural turns towards sincerity, optimism in the face of crisis, and an emphasis on felt experience that are indicative of a metamodern sensibility. This is the first book to use metamodernism to analyse film in a sustained way, and the first academic work to use metamodernism to examine horror. \u003ci\u003eThe Metamodern Slasher\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers new ways to understand the slasher film, the horror genre, and also the cultural moment we find ourselves in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46444332089495,"sku":"9781399520959","price":13050.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781399520959.webp?v=1769129888","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-metamodern-slasher-film-9781399520959","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}