{"title":"Anxiety and Mutation in Charles Burns’ Black Hole and Junji Ito’s Uzumaki","authors":"R. Shail","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"232 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120881860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fans of the Alien Film Franchise: Creating a Fan-specific Checklist","authors":"Janelle Vermaak","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127981862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sightless Realms of Terror: Disembodied Voices and Sonic Immersion in Contemporary Horror Audio","authors":"Richard J. Hand","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133142441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Jigsaw of all our Worst Fears: Representations of Mary Shelly as Gothic Heroine in Popular Media","authors":"L. Sheppard, R. Sheppard","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121249779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dad Rising? Playing the Father in Post-Apocalyptic Survival Horror Games","authors":"Michael Fuchs, K. Rieser","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191008","url":null,"abstract":"In Dead Rising 2 (Blue Castle Games, 2010), former motocross rider Chuck Greene finds himself in the midst of a zombie outbreak. Five years prior, in another epidemic, Chuck’s wife was killed and his daughter Katey bitten by one of the undead. The zombie infection cannot be cured, but it can be stopped from spreading in the victim’s body by a drug called Zombrex. Katey needs a dose of the medication every single day. While the video game’s ludic dimension centres on Chuck fighting off zombie hordes, its rather convoluted narrative boils down to a simple goal for Chuck: to keep his daughter from mutating. Chuck sports the chiselled physique of a stereotypical, manly Hollywood hero, which visually highlights the rampant protectionist paternalism at play in the game. Fittingly, in the closing minutes of the game, Chuck not only outsmarts thousands of undead and overcomes his main human adversary but also saves Katey and his girlfriend-to-be Stacey from certain death. In the end, the three walk away, holding hands, symbolising the re-establishment of the heteronormative nuclear family.","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134160413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blood and Fire: Monstrous Women in Carrie and ‘The Dark Phoenix Saga’","authors":"M. Linton","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"131 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124249477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Index","authors":"","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123947805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘It was an indescribable terror. So terrifying, I cannot begin to describe it. But it had tentacles.’ H.P. Lovecraft and Gender in (Cult) Media","authors":"Steven Gerrard","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131667897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Horrific Things: Alien Isolation and the Queer Materiality of Gender, Desire and Being","authors":"M. Seller","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"313 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116357671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illusion, Reality and Fearsome Femininity in Takashi Miike’s Audition","authors":"Kathryn Hemmann","doi":"10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218812,"journal":{"name":"Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116492417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}