Eastern Europe as the source of horror and humor
Films“Hostel” and “Euro trip”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14713328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vesna Trifunović (0000-0003-1603-7740, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-121 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v3i1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W2883528287 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In the period from 2004. to 2007. three films belonging to two different genres were complete in the American production-a horror and a comedy. These being, „Hostel“(I and II) and „Euro Trip”. The only similarity found in these films is the same stimulus that motivates the horror and the humor segment in them. That stimulus was identifies where all three films are placed, and that is Eastern Europe, more precisely Slovakia. This phenomenon was considered in Noel Carroll’s theory concerning the relationship of horror and humor in order to explain and understand their existence
Art · Art history · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Cultural and National Identity · European history and politics · History
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |