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Publication Date: 1985
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Electric Literature as Equipment for Living: Haunted House Films.
Brummett, Barry
Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v2 n3 p247-61 Sep 1985
Using Burkean analysis, this essay shows how films about haunted houses can serve as symbolic equipment to help audiences cope with real life problems. (PD)
Descriptors: Coping, Discourse Analysis, Fear, Film Criticism, Film Study, Films, Media Research, Symbols (Literary)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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