Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786468203 ISBN 13: 9780786468201

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2012

Synopsis

This groundbreaking collection of new essays presents critical reflections on teaching horror film and fiction in many different ways and in a variety of academic settings--from cultural theory to film studies; from women's and gender studies to postcolonialism; from critical thinking seminars on the paranormal to the timeless classics of English horror literature. Together, the essays show readers how the pedagogy of horror can galvanize, unsettle and transform classrooms, giving us powerful tools with which to consider interwoven issues of identity, culture, monstrosity, the relationship between the real and the fictional, normativity and adaptation. Includes a foreword by celebrated horror writer Glen Hirshberg.

About this title

About the Authors

Aalya Ahmad teaches at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and has published work on zombie fiction. She lives in Gatineau, Quebec

Sean Moreland has published numerous essays, primarily on literary and cinematic horror, as well as poetry and short fiction. He is chief editor of Postscripts to Darkness (pstdarkness.com), and is on the editorial board for the Edgar Allan Poe Review.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786468203
• ISBN 13: 9780786468201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Ahmad Aalya, Moreland Sean