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Daemons in the pocket: Contract, commodities and witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay 口袋里的恶魔:马萨诸塞湾的契约、商品和巫术

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00010_1

I. Green

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John Kramer for President: The rise of authoritarian horror 约翰·克莱默竞选总统:独裁恐怖的崛起

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00014_1

Reece Goodall

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Precarious camera gazes and their articulated mode of operation in horror mockumentaries 恐怖伪纪录片中不稳定的镜头注视及其清晰的操作模式

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00008_1

C. Formenti

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Once more and for eternity? Facing the horror of cosmic recurrence in Southbound 再一次，永远？在南向面对宇宙重现的恐怖

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00011_1

B. Zager

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Introduction 介绍

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00007_2

M. Jancovich

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‘Tell me, what are you becoming?’ Hannibal and the inescapable presence of the grotesque “告诉我，你要变成什么人?”汉尼拔和不可避免的怪诞

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-24 DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/rg9de

Alberto N. García

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Philosophy’s dark heir: On Nick Land’s abstract horror fiction 哲学的黑暗继承者:论尼克·兰德的抽象恐怖小说

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00009_1

Vincent Le

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Hispanic horror: An introduction 西班牙恐怖:介绍

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00001_2

A. Davies

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A tribute to Stephen King: Hispanic gothic and cultural globalization 向斯蒂芬·金致敬：西班牙裔哥特式和文化全球化

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00002_1

I. Ordiz

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‘Vampires in the Canaries?’ Miguel Aguerralde’s Noctámbulo (2010): Revitalizing vampire traditions in the Hispanic periphery “加那利群岛的吸血鬼?”米格尔·阿奎拉尔德的Noctámbulo(2010):复兴西班牙周边地区的吸血鬼传统

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Horror Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/host_00004_1

Rhian Davies

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