{"title":"Professor Xavier Aldana Reyes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Xavier Aldana Reyes\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the compelling intersections of art, culture, and the uncanny, offering readers profound insights into contemporary visual and cultural phenomena. His work delves into the aesthetics and meanings behind unsettling themes, challenging traditional boundaries and inviting a fresh perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on \u003cem\u003eBody Horror\u003c\/em\u003e and related subjects, Aldana Reyes combines rigorous analysis with a creative lens, making his contributions essential for those interested in the darker facets of cultural expression and the evolving language of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"body-horror-by-professor-xavier-aldana-reyes-9780231220965","title":"Body Horror","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subgenre of body horror, associated with directors such as David Cronenberg and Coralie Fargeat, depicts the human body's susceptibility to disease and change. Preoccupied with anatomy, pathology, and corporeality, it portrays contagion, mutilation, mutation, and metamorphosis. As organs, growths, and pustules proliferate, so do questions about the consequences of technology, the effects of trauma, and ultimately what it means to be human. Since emerging in the 1970s, the subgenre has not only bridged grindhouse and arthouse but also increasingly taken on ageism, sexism, racism, and ableism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody Horror\u003c\/em\u003e by Professor Xavier Aldana Reyes provides an engaging introduction to the inner workings of body horror, tracing its evolution from foundational works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/em\u003e (1986) and \u003cem\u003eTetsuo: The Iron Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1989) to recent films like \u003cem\u003eRaw\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). He argues that the subgenre's concern with the body as both anatomical reality and cultural construction links it to the interdisciplinary field of body studies, which examines the relationship between embodiment and culture. Surveying a wide range of films, Aldana Reyes shows how the transformation of the body opens paths to resist dominant understandings of identity and to imagine alternatives. Compelling and accessible, this book offers new insights for both film studies courses and general readers interested in the role the body plays in horror cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038175965420,"sku":"9780231220965","price":83.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231220965-body-horror.jpg?v=1785390820"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/professor-xavier-aldana-reyes.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}