{"product_id":"fashioning-horror-dressing-to-kill-on-screen-and-in-literature-paperback","title":"Fashioning Horror: Dressing to Kill on Screen and in Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Petrov\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGudrun D. Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Jack the Ripper to \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, Halloween customs to Alexander McQueen collections, \u003ci\u003eFashioning Horror\u003c\/i\u003e examines how terror is fashioned visually, symbolically, and materially through fashion and costume, in literature, film, and real life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a series of case studies that range from sensationalist cinema and Slasher films to true crime and nineteenth-century literature, the volume investigates the central importance of clothing to the horror genre, and broadens our understanding of both material and popular culture. Arguing that dress is fundamental to our understanding of character and setting within horror, the chapters also reveal how the grotesque and horrific is at the center of fashion itself, with its potential for instability, disguise, and carnivalesque subversion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with original research, and bringing together a range of international scholars, the book is the first to thoroughly examine the aesthetics of terror and the role of fashion in the construction of horror.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Petrov\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator of Western Canadian History at the Royal Alberta Museum and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Museums\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eNarrating Objects, Collecting Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGudrun D. Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of museum studies at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is the Icelandic editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eNordisk Museologi\u003c\/i\u003e and the lead editor of a forthcoming special edition of \u003ci\u003eMuseum and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773631856928,"sku":"9781350133273","price":86.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c39f52d972e035f2f3f41e64a0a4da4c_73363bb8-232f-452f-80a9-a712f1144daf.webp?v=1780429444","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fashioning-horror-dressing-to-kill-on-screen-and-in-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}