Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Three Major Predecessors
- 3 The Fallow Years: An Assortment of Ghosts
- Seminal Films
- 4 Ghosts in the City
- 5 Ghosts in the Machine
- 6 Schoolgirl Angst
- 7 Childhood Abuse
- Evolution of the cycle
- 8 Generic Developments 1: Messages from the Dead
- 9 Spain and History 1: Politics and War
- 10 Hollywood Reinflections
- 11 Asian Variations
- 12 Generic Developments 2: Ghosts in the Woman's Film
- 13 Ghosts and Institutions 1: South Korea
- 14 Ghosts and Institutions 2: The West
- 15 National Variations
- 16 Anatomy of the Ghost Melodrama
- 17 Spain and History 2: The Franco Legacy and the Catholic Church
- 18 The Return of the British Ghost Film
- 19 Recent US developments and conclusion
- Filmography
- Illustrations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Film Culture in Transition
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Three Major Predecessors
- 3 The Fallow Years: An Assortment of Ghosts
- Seminal Films
- 4 Ghosts in the City
- 5 Ghosts in the Machine
- 6 Schoolgirl Angst
- 7 Childhood Abuse
- Evolution of the cycle
- 8 Generic Developments 1: Messages from the Dead
- 9 Spain and History 1: Politics and War
- 10 Hollywood Reinflections
- 11 Asian Variations
- 12 Generic Developments 2: Ghosts in the Woman's Film
- 13 Ghosts and Institutions 1: South Korea
- 14 Ghosts and Institutions 2: The West
- 15 National Variations
- 16 Anatomy of the Ghost Melodrama
- 17 Spain and History 2: The Franco Legacy and the Catholic Church
- 18 The Return of the British Ghost Film
- 19 Recent US developments and conclusion
- Filmography
- Illustrations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Film Culture in Transition
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- Modern Ghost Melodramas'What Lies Beneath', pp. 439 - 444Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2017