Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film
- Submitting institution
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University for the Creative Arts
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Clayton, W. 2015. SF
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1057/9781137496478
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- ISBN
- 9781137496478
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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https://research.uca.ac.uk/3330/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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3 - Film, Media and Expanded Animation
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This volume, the first to look at slasher movies from formalist perspectives, is edited by Wickham Clayton. The volume collects together 14 essays which provide a diverse range of perspectives on the slasher since its initial proliferation in the 1970s. Clayton thus structured the volume using three sections, the first two sections being broadly chronological and looking at developments from the 'first slasher cycle' as identified by contemporary scholars, and then later entries which adapt and change the slasher formula while still working within similar subgeneric strictures. The third part allows scholars to use formalist methodologies to prop up more philosophical and sociopolitical arguments.
In addition to being solely responsible for the proposal and editing of the volume, Clayton contributed an introduction and a further chapter titled ‘Undermining the Moneygrubbers, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Friday the 13th Part V’. Clayton wrote and widely disseminated a Call for Papers on specific mailing groups on jiscmail servers, and openly on social media. Known academics in the area, Stacey Abbott and Ian Conrich were approached to contribute, and noted film scholar Janet Staiger approached Clayton in response to the CfP. The peer review process was orchestrated by Palgrave Macmillan and rewrite recommendations were coordinated by Clayton.
The project was an offshoot from Clayton's PhD research into the Friday the 13th franchise (which was later published as See!Hear!Cut!Kill!: Experiencing Friday the 13th [2020]). Clayton noted a lack of research into slasher films utilising formalist methodologies, and wanted to create a collection that would showcase the range of potential for applying these methodologies to this subgenre.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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