Description

Fear: Aspects of an emotion examines the effect of fear on the human experience and the ways in which its manifestation has shaped the creative and social imagination. Contents include: Frank Furedi (U Kent), Our culture of fear — Ian Haywood (Roehampton University), The Irish rebellion of 1798 and tropes of violence — E. McCarthy (TCD), AmericanÃ?Â?Ã?Â?ad culture and war propaganda — John-Paul Colgan (TCD), The politics of fear and ethics of representing 9/11 — Bill DurodiÃ?Â?Ã?Â] (Cranfield U), Lessons from the Blitz and other disasters — Darryl Jones (TCD), The fiction of the American neo-Nazi movement — Amanda Piesse (TCD), Childhood fears and children’s literature — Gary O’Reilly (UCD), Anxiety disorders in childhood and the therapeutic use of stories — Sir Christoper Frayling (Royal College of Art), ‘TheÃ?Â?Ã?Â?Nightmare’: Fuseli to Frankenstein and beyond — K. Hebblethwaite (TCD), Debunking the legend of Leap — Bernice Murphy (TCD), Why horror films aren’t scary anymore

Editor: Hebblethwaite, Kate, Editor: McCarthy, Elizabeth

Topic: Family / Parenting / Childbirth
Media: Book
ISBN: 1846820707
Language: English
Pages: 235