Uncanny modernity : cultural theories, modern anxieties / edited by Jo Collins and John Jervis.
| Other author | Collins, Jo, 1978- |
| Other author | Jervis, John, 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | viii, 234 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Jo Collins and John Jervis -- Uncanny presences / John Jervis -- Night and the uncanny / Elisabeth Bronfen -- Uncanny reflections, modern illusions : sighting the modern optical uncanny / Tom Gunning -- As it happened...Borderline, the uncanny and the cosmopolitan / James Donald -- Access denied : memory and resistance in the contemporary ghost film / Scott Brewster -- The uncanny after Freud : the contemporary trauma subject and the fiction of Stephen King / Roger Luckhurst -- "Neurotic men" and a spectral woman : Freud, Jung and Sabina Spielrein / Jo Collins -- The urban uncanny : the city, the subject, and ghostly modernity / Julian Wolfreys -- Profane illuminations, delicate and mysterious flames : mass culture and uncanny gnosis / Michael Saler -- Terrorism and the uncanny, or, the caves of Tora-Bora / David Punter -- "On the psychology of the uncanny" (1906) : Ernst Jentsch / translated by Roy Sellars. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008000186 |
| ISBN | 0230517714 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230517714 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BF57 .U53 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |