6 Crying: Dreadful Melodramas— Family Dramas and Home Invasions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgments iv
4. 1 Extreme Cinema: Revisiting Body Genres 1
5. 2 Hearing: With a Touch of Sound—The Affective Charge of Audio Design 21
6. 3 Pain: Exploring Bodies, Technology, and Endurance 45
7. 4 Laughter: Belly-aching Laughter 72
8. 5 Arousal: Graphic Encounters 101
9. 6 Crying: Dreadful Melodramas— Family Dramas and Home Invasions 130
10. 7 The End of Extreme Cinema? 156
11. Bibliography 162
12. Filmography 173
13. Index 176