Framing monsters : fantasy film and social alienation /

Bellin, Joshua David.

Framing monsters : fantasy film and social alienation / Joshua David Bellin. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2005. - xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index.

Monsters of our making -- Killing the beast : King Kong in black and white -- The promise of miracles : technology and class conflict in The Wizard of Oz -- Monsters from the Middle East : Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad trilogy -- Dragon ladies : fantasy film and "family values" -- Monstrous minds : fantasy film and mental illness -- Seeing things : the "freak" on film -- Monsters' end?

080932623X (alk. paper) 0809326248 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Fantasy films--Social aspects.

PN 1995.9 .F36 / B45 2005