The uses of phobia : essays on literature and film / David Trotter.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 174 pISBN: 9781444333848 (pbk.) :; 1444333844 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Phobias | Motion pictures -- History | English literature -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.4'3653 Summary: The essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource with a history. They demonstrate that enquiry into strong feelings of aversion has enabled writers and film-makers to say and show things they could not otherwise have said or shown.
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The essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource with a history. They demonstrate that enquiry into strong feelings of aversion has enabled writers and film-makers to say and show things they could not otherwise have said or shown.
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