Insidious Identity Politics: The Horror of Home

REBECCA WYNNE-WALSH

Insidious Identity Politics: The Horror of Home

English & Creative Arts

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Abstract

An auteur and the creator of multiple cinematic universes, James Wan has become one of the most successful directors in history, his films breaking box office records worldwide. Yet there is little scholarship on Wan’s work. This collection of new essays fills the gap with contributions from around the globe offering analysis of his film and television productions, including Saw (2004), Aquaman (2018) and The Conjuring Universe franchise, along with less well-known works like Death Sentence (2007), Dead Silence (2007) and his pilot for the new MacGyver series. For the first time, Wan’s films are explored in-depth from wide range of critical perspectives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cinema of James Wan: Critical Essays
Publisher	McFarland & Co
Pages	17-33
ISBN (Print)	9781476643328
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 2022

Keywords

Comics
Film
Genre
Horror
Literature
Popular culture

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