{"product_id":"it-came-from-the-closet-queer-reflections-on-horror","title":"It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Horror opened me up to new possibilities for survival ... I saw power in freakery and transgression and wondered if it could be mine.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between horror films and the LGBTQ+ community? It's complicated. Haunted houses, forbidden desires and the monstrous can have striking resonance for those who've been marginalised. But the genre's murky history of an alarmingly heterosexual male gaze, queer-coded villains and sometimes blatant homophobia, is impossible to overlook. There is tension here, and there are as many queer readings of horror films as there are queer people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Joe Vallese, and with contributions by writers including Kirsty Logan and Carmen Maria Machado, the essays in \u003cem\u003eIt Came from the Closet \u003c\/em\u003ebring the particulars of the writers' own experiences, whether in relation to gender, sexuality, or both, to their unique interpretations of horror films from \u003cem\u003eJaws\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eJennifer's Body.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring a multitude of queer experiences from first kisses and coming out to transition and parenthood, this is a varied and accessible collection that leans into the fun of horror while taking its cultural impact and reciprocal relationship to the LGBTQ+ community seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 336 pages | Published June 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63969789215069,"sku":"9781913393823","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781913393823.jpg?v=1774370647","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/it-came-from-the-closet-queer-reflections-on-horror","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}