Frames of Evil: The Holocaust as Horror in American Film

by Caroline Joan S. Picart and David A. Frank

Book Overview

Challenging the classic horror frame in American film

American filmmakers appropriate the "look" of horror in Holocaust films and often use Nazis and Holocaust imagery to explain evil in the world, say authors Caroline Joan (Kay) S. Picart and David A. Frank. In Frames of Evil: The Holocaust as Horror in American Film, Picart and Frank challenge this classic horror frame--the narrative and visual borders used to demarcate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809327244
• ISBN13: 9780809327249
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"