{"title":"Evert Jan van Leeuwen","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvert Jan van Leeuwen explores the intersection of \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e with a distinctive eye, delving into niche topics that illuminate unique facets of creative expression. His work invites readers to discover the unusual and the evocative, often through compelling visual and thematic analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cem\u003eHorror House Film\u003c\/em\u003e, Van Leeuwen offers insightful commentary that blends cultural history with artistic exploration, perfect for those fascinated by the darker or more unconventional corners of art and media.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"horror-house-film-by-evert-jan-van-leeuwen-9781836244912","title":"Horror House Film","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHouses have a long history in horror. They often figure as the locus of hauntings, or play significant allegorical roles as embodiments of their proprietors’ minds. Such houses belong to the spectral English and Dutch language Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorror House Film\u003c\/em\u003e takes a different approach and analyses a collection of horror films – in different subgenres – in which the house is a solid, massive, and often overbearing presence in the lives of the protagonists. These films are about the potentially pernicious effects of houses as material objects of ownership, possession, and exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe analyses reveal a strong link between a drive for home-ownership and a drive to possess and exploit other people. They locate this drive within a hegemonic masculinist culture that is closely related to what Erich Fromm has termed the having = being mode of human identity formation in contemporary materialistic Western societies, in which a people’s possessions define their selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe grim and tragic stories told in these horror house films often revolve around the need to possess property as a means of shoring up ontological security, whilst the house owned proves to be no haven but a drain on both socioeconomic and psychological wellbeing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934087233772,"sku":"9781836244912","price":508.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781836244912-horror-house-film.jpg?v=1783894229"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/evert-jan-van-leeuwen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}