Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" (Oxford UP, 2024)
About this episode
The episode discusses the significance of Black horror films and their representation in global cinema, as explored in 'The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film'.
Since the release of Jordan Peele's Academy Award-winning horror hit Get Out (2017), interest in Black horror films has erupted. This renewed intrigue in stories about Black life, history, culture, or "Blackness" has taken two forms. First, the history and politics of race have been centered in the horror genre. Second, Black horror has become an increasingly visible topic in mainstream discourses with scholars, critics, and fans contending that Black horror is seeing its so-called renaissance. However, critical attention to Blackness in horror has primarily focused on the U.S. and western world, despite Black stories having featured prominently in the genre-as actors, screenwriters, directors, producers-globally and across cultures.The essays in this handbook explore global Black horror cinema by interrogating Blackness and the ways in which it manifests in films across the diaspora and around the world. Chapters pose and answer questions including how taxonomies of race are presented; who is considered "Black?"; how is Blackness constructed in the culture in which it is produced and/or distributed?; How is horror defined and represented globally and/or culturally?; and what…
More episodes of New Books in Popular Culture
- Cape Fear Retells an Archetypal Revenge Story for a New Generation
- Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)
- Ginger Dellenbaugh, "Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
- Adam Phillips, "The Life You Want" (FSG, 2026)
- Mary R. Lanni, "Using Nursery Rhymes with Today’s Kids: Their Legacy and Evolution" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
- For All Mankind Concludes Its Search For New Life
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the New Books in Popular Culture podcast page.