{"product_id":"dead-pretty-beauty-in-the-horror-genre","title":"*PRE-ORDER* DEAD PRETTY: Beauty in the Horror Genre","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone who has ever found something beautiful in the grotesque, or something grotesque in beauty.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross decades of cinema, horror has picked at the scabs of beauty: the standards we inherit, the bodies we’re taught to fear, and the brutal lengths people will go to in order to be seen, desired or accepted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing a foreword by Jen and Sylvia Soska, the writer-directors behind \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis an illustrated collection of 25 essays that explore beauty, ageing, transformation, identity, vanity, power and the gaze within the horror genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut this is not a neat academic autopsy. Published by indie zine creators \u003cstrong\u003eThe Nottingham Horror Collective\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis personal, political and punk-spirited. Its essays move across the horror genre, making space for intimate arguments shaped by bodies, identities and experiences that too often get left out of the conversation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, they ask who gets to be beautiful, who gets made monstrous, and what happens when those boundaries begin to rot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-ORDER.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrders will begin shipping at the end of August. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Nottingham Horror Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507356729650,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/3488\/9010\/files\/1_8147ea24-8505-47e0-9733-3e248d1e5bdf.png?v=1784965281","url":"https:\/\/thenottinghamhorrorcollective.co.uk\/products\/dead-pretty-beauty-in-the-horror-genre","provider":"The Nottingham Horror Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}