Announcing
Paradoxa Vol. 3, No. 3-4:
"The Uncanny"
Announcing the publication of a special double issue of Paradoxa that
focuses on "The Uncanny" in contemporary film ,literature, and
culture. Updating traditional theories of "the double" and deja vu,
this isssue is essential reading for anyone particularly interested
in film theory, psychoanalyis and literature, or the horror genre.
Paradoxa's special issue on "The Uncanny" features 20 original essays
from scholars worldwide, including such luminaries as Terry Castle,
Lesley Stern, Barry Grant, Isabel Pinedo, and William Paul.
"This superb collection of essays comes as a tonic antidote to those
who would dismiss the value of psychoanalytic film scholarship out of
hand. The agreeably diverse group of authors employs Freud's classic
text ["Das Unheimliche"] as a point of departure for a compelling
investigation of the uncanny's generic signatures (notably in weird
cinema), as well as an interrogation of an essential uncaniness
residing within the medium itself. On the latter score Lesley Stern's
"I Think, Sebastian, Therefore ... I Somersault" is alone worth the
price of admission. The insights here and elsewhere are plentiful,
acute, and -- apposite to the subject -- often unsettling. The writing
crackles with lively intelligence."
-- Harvey Roy Greenberg, M.D.
noted film critic and
author of Screen Memories
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Contents of Paradoxa, Vol. 3, Number 3-4:
Arnzen, Michael A.
"Introduction: The Return of the Uncanny"
Paul, William.
"Uncanny Theater"
Stern, Lesley.
"I Think, Sebastian, Therefore I ... Somersault: Film and the
Uncanny"
Norden, Martin.
"The Uncanny Film Image of the Obsessive Avenger"
Coffman, Elizabeth.
"Uncanny Performances in Colonial Narratives: Josephine
Baker in Princess Tam Tam"
Masschelein, Anneleen. "Double Reading/Reading Double:
Psychoanalytic Poetics at Work"
Pinedo, Isabel.
"The Wet Death and the Uncanny"
Schneider, Steven.
"Uncanny Realism and the Decline of the Modern
Horror Film"
Grant, Barry K.
Paradoxa Interview
Mackenthun, Gesa.
"Haunted Real Estate"
Kelso, Sylvia.
"The Postmodern Uncanny: or, Establishing Uncertainty"
Ferreira, Maria Aline.
"The Uncanny (M)other: Angela Carter's The Passion of New
Eve"
Coats, Karen.
"Underwriting the Uncanny: The Role of Children's
Literature in the Economy of the Subject"
Aichele, George.
"Postmodern Fantasy, Ideology, and the Uncanny"
Winchell, James.
"Century of the Uncanny"
Castle, Terry.
Paradoxa Interview.
McQuire, Scott.
"The Uncanny Home: Television, Transparency and
Overexposure"
Batty, Nancy.
"America's Worst Nightmare...Roseanne!"
Kunkle, Sheila.
"The Uncanny Effects of Cruelty"
Arnzen, Michael A.
"Supermarketing the Uncanny: Anxiety at the Point-of-Sale."
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Michael A. Arnzen * Dept. of English * University of Oregon
"We use up too much artistry in our dreams --
and therefore often are impoverished during the day."
-- Nietzsche
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