{"product_id":"capitalism-hates-you-marxism-and-the-new-horror-film-paperback-softback-9781517917975","title":"Capitalism Hates You; Marxism and the New Horror Film (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517917975","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCapitalism Hates You\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarxism and the New Horror Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoshua Gooch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517917975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 31 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"We may hate capitalism but not nearly as much as capitalism hates \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e. Linking the affect of hatred to the aesthetics of horror film, Joshua Gooch persuasively contends that twenty-first-century horror offers vital diagnostic tools. This fiercely smart book compiles a remarkably diverse archive of contemporary horror films and provides illuminating readings of those films alongside an equally diverse archive of radical political and economic thought, from Marxist-feminism to Afropessimism.\"-Annie McClanahan, author of \u003ci\u003eDead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First-Century Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Joshua Gooch’s \u003ci\u003eCapitalism Hates You\u003c\/i\u003e offers crystal-clear explications of Marxist theory and then, in seven carefully sequenced chapters, applies them in lucid and convincing ways to demonstrate how a range of contemporary horror films expresses capitalism’s hostility to life. This is a book not just for fans of horror but for everyone interested in the ways films embed and communicate values, judgments, and affects.\"-Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, author of \u003ci\u003eGothic Things: Dark Enchantment and Anthropocene Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat contemporary horror films teach us about the cruelties of capitalist society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalism Hates You\u003c\/i\u003e uses the horror film genre as a tool to diagnose and expose the hostile conditions of life under capitalism. Through incisive critical analyses of popular films such as \u003ci\u003eGet Out, Drag Me to Hell, Hereditary, The Babadook, \u003c\/i\u003eand many others, Joshua Gooch draws connections between Marxist theory and contemporary narratives of psychological unease. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Gooch highlights the work of women, trans, and nonwhite filmmakers to show how the remarkable diversity of twenty-first-century horror cinema can provide an expansive catalog of capitalism’s varying forms of oppression. Studying films that interrogate such urgent topics as gentrification, climate change, and reproductive labor, he demonstrates how contemporary horror films give affective shape to the negative undercurrents of our present socioeconomic system. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalism Hates You\u003c\/i\u003e argues that these films and their material conditions can deepen our understanding of essential concepts in contemporary Marxism, from the theory of value and changing forms of commodification to the labor of social reproduction, the abolition of the family, and the necessity of ecosocialism. Synthesizing various strands of Marxist thought, Gooch sheds light on the growing field of socially conscious horror films, examining how they pinpoint and exaggerate latent feelings of dread and discomfort to reflect the ills of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. Work Hates You: Antiwork Horror and Value Theory \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. Love Hates You: Feminist Anticapitalist Horror and Social Reproduction Theory \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Nature Hates You: Psychedelic Eco-horror and Ecological Marxism \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. The Neighborhood Hates You: New Black Horror and Uneven Development \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Commodities Hate You: Mass-Culture Horror and Commodity Forms \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. The Family Hates You: Elevated Horror and Family Abolition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 7. Feelings Hate You: Therapeutic Horror and Emotion Work \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Filmography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656090775832,"sku":"9781517917975","price":18.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/capitalism-hates-you-marxism-and-the-new-horror-film-paperback-softback-9781517917975","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}