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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN-101442615672
ISBN-139781442615670
eBay Product ID (ePID)166746928
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameJohn Fawcett's Ginger Snaps
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
SubjectFilm / Genres / Horror, Film / General, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
AuthorErnest Mathijs
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science
SeriesCanadian Cinema Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"This book offers a smart yet accessible discussion of one of the most prominent Canadian films on the international popular culture landscape. Ernest Mathijs is widely recognized as an authority on cult cinema and reception studies, and in this most sustained analysis of Ginger Snapsto date, he illuminates much about the film's textual qualities, production and exhibition history, and fan following." --Barry Keith Grant, Department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film, Brock University
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.43/72
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Prologue Chapter One: Wolfer Grrrls Chapter Two: Morbid Sisters Chapter Three: Menstrual Monsters Chapter Four: Horror Heroines Epilogue Production Credits Further Viewing Notes Selected Bibliography
SynopsisFew studies of Canadian cinema to date have engaged deeply with genre cinema and its connection to Canadian culture. Ernest Mathijs does just that in this volume, which traces the inception, production, and reception of Canada's internationally renowned horror film, Ginger Snaps (2000). This tongue-in-cheek Gothic film, which centres on two death-obsessed teenage sisters, draws a provocative connection between werewolf monstrosity and female adolescence and boasts a dedicated world-wide fan base. The first book-length study of this popular film, John Fawcett's Ginger Snapsis based on the author's privileged access to most of its cast and crew and to its enthusiasts around the world. Examining themes of genre, feminism, identity, and adolescent belonging, Mathijs concludes that Ginger Snapsdeserves to be recognized as part of the Canadian canon, and that it is a model example of the kind of crossover cult film that remains unjustly undervalued by film scholars., Few studies of Canadian cinema to date have engaged deeply with genre cinema and its connection to Canadian culture. Ernest Mathijs does just that in this volume, which traces the inception, production, and reception of Canada's internationally renowned horror film, Ginger Snaps (2000)., Few studies of Canadian cinema to date have engaged deeply with genre cinema and its connection to Canadian culture. Ernest Mathijs does just that in this volume, which traces the inception, production, and reception of Canada's internationally renowned horror film, Ginger Snaps (2000). This tongue-in-cheek Gothic film, which centres on two death-obsessed teenage sisters, draws a provocative connection between werewolf monstrosity and female adolescence and boasts a dedicated world-wide fan base. The first book-length study of this popular film, John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps is based on the author's privileged access to most of its cast and crew and to its enthusiasts around the world. Examining themes of genre, feminism, identity, and adolescent belonging, Mathijs concludes that Ginger Snaps deserves to be recognized as part of the Canadian canon, and that it is a model example of the kind of crossover cult film that remains unjustly undervalued by film scholars.
LC Classification NumberPN1997.G554M38 2013
