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'Hearths of Darkness'
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'Hearths of Darkness'
A review of 'Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film' by Tony Williams.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
7 sources |
2006
Paper Summary:
This paper reviews the book 'Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film' by Tony Williams.According to the paper, Williams opens the book with "For most people, `family' is a code word that expresses their hopes for a long-term loving and committed relationship. It is this that people yearn for, and this yearning represents a positive and hopeful fact" (Williams 14-15). The paper discusses how the primary theme of Williams' book is that it is precisely this idealization of the family that the American horror film genre deliberately subverts through its representation of the family as being at least complicit, if not directly the ultimate source, of much of the violence and horror within our culture.
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'Hearths of Darkness' (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-'Hearths-of-Darkness'/89252
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"'Hearths of Darkness'" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-'Hearths-of-Darkness'/89252>
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