We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Finding Canada's Place in Richard Weaver's American Stereopticon: David Cronenberg's Obscene Critique of the "Canadian Way of Life".
- Authors
Jarvis, Douglas
- Abstract
Richard Weaver's theory of the stereopticon can be described as the creation of false realities through artificially produced spectacles of sights and sounds. David Cronenberg's early-career Canadian-themed horror films view the stereopticon as completely directing evolutionary human development. Weaver bemoaned the loss of a metaphysically grounded religious world view that could hold back the obscenity of the stereopticon. Alternatively, Cronenberg dissects the obscenity of the stereopticon according to its own form and content.
- Subjects
CRONENBERG, David, 1943-; WEAVER, Richard M., 1910-1963; CANADIAN films; HORROR films; FILM criticism; B films; MCLUHAN, Marshall, 1911-1980
- Publication
Canadian Review of American Studies, 2020, Vol 50, Issue 1, p121
- ISSN
0007-7720
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/cras.2019.009