{"product_id":"french-horror-industry-society-and-media-9781399557160","title":"French Horror: Industry, Society and Media","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrench Horror: Industry, Society and Media\u003c\/i\u003e provides an overview of French horror film and television of the 21st century, exploring the particularities of the genre on both an industrial and a theoretical basis to identify an essential 'Frenchness'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book argues that there are a number of distinct production, formal and socio-cultural characteristics present in these works that mark them as uniquely French, including, among others, critical suspicion of homegrown horror and a corresponding lack of industrial support, attempts to evoke auteurism in certain creative figures, reference to key moments of French history, the framing of body horror and violence and the use of the \u003ci\u003ebanlieues\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a series of close readings of both major and lesser-known texts, \u003ci\u003eFrench Horror: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndustry, Society and Media\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates a rise in horror in the 21st century that is distinctly and unapologetically French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reece Goodall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e 21st Century Horror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399557160","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48016483647625,"sku":"9781399557160","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_34d04ed8-999e-4ac3-8e88-fdac576da8ff.jpg?v=1787688785","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/french-horror-industry-society-and-media-9781399557160","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}