{"product_id":"tim-burtons-bodies-gothic-animated-creaturely-and-corporeal-paperback","title":"Tim Burton's Bodies: Gothic, Animated, Creaturely and Corporeal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStella Hockenhull\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFran Pheasant-Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Burton is an internationally celebrated director, critically acclaimed for his fantasy horror films and the macabre ghosts, animated corpses and grotesques that inhabit them. This innovative study centres on the body as a centripetal force in Burton's work and considers the array of anomalous, extraordinary and transgressive beings that pervade his canon. It broadens the focus of living forms to include animated, creaturely, corporeal and Gothic bodies, exploring the way that Burton celebrates the body - whether human, animal, animated or anthropomorphised. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn prioritising the somatic aspects of characters, \u003cem\u003eTim Burton's Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e spotlights actual physical attributes and behaviour, and considers what meanings these may impart in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality, humanimality and disability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Burton is an internationally celebrated director, critically acclaimed for his fantasy horror films and the macabre ghosts, animated corpses and grotesques that inhabit them. This innovative study centres on the body as a centripetal force in Burton's work and considers the array of anomalous, extraordinary and transgressive beings that pervade his canon. It broadens the focus of living forms to include animated, creaturely, corporeal and Gothic bodies, exploring the way that Burton celebrates the body - whether human, animal, animated or anthropomorphised. In prioritising the somatic aspects of characters, Tim Burton's Bodies spotlights actual physical attributes and behaviour, and considers what meanings these may impart in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality, humanimality and disability. Stella Hockenhull is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton. Fran Pheasant-Kelly is Reader in Film and Screen Studies, and Director of the Centre for Film, Media, Discourse and Culture at Wolverhampton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Stella Hockenhull is Reader in Film and Television Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Fran Pheasant-Kelly is Reader in Screen Studies and Director of Centre for Film, Media, Discourse and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119720009863,"sku":"9781474456913","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c8894454a6bfe0e2223c5fb71affe235.webp?v=1732542724","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tim-burtons-bodies-gothic-animated-creaturely-and-corporeal-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}