Synaesthetic Specters: Haunting Hill House on the Silver Screen

International audienceThrough a combination of film and sound techniques, Robert Wise captures the invisible, unspeakable nature of the supernatural in his 1963 film, The Haunting, based on Shirley Jackson’s novel. His approach is simultaneously synaesthetic, intertextual and grotesque, effectively situating the spectator’s terror in his reception of the film.Dans The Haunting, un film de 1963 adapté du roman de Shirley Jackson, Robert Wise capture l’invisible, l’indicible nature du surnaturel en combinant techniques cinématographiques et sonores. Par une approche synesthésique, intertextuelle et grotesque, il fait naître la terreur du spectateur de sa seule réception du film

Use of the Hedonic Method to Estimate Lake Sedimentation Impacts on Property Values in Mountain Park and Roswell, GA

Metropolitan Atlanta has experienced explosive population growth in the past few decades, which has resulted in rapid residential growth. The City of Roswell is one the best examples of residential growth on the urban fringe of Atlanta, with its housing stock increasing by more than 50 percent from 1990 to 2000. Stormwater runoff created from these development sites is expected to be causing sedimentation accumulation in lakes within Roswell and a neighboring, downstream wildlife refuge located in the City of Mountain Park. Because sedimentation tends to fill-in and shrink lakes, our results provide some indication of the potential property damages associated with sedimentation. Furthermore, our results provide evidence that lake value is not monotonically increasing with lake size, which is believed to be due to the influence that geographic, environmental, and social factors have on the degree to which lakes add value to housing prices.Land Economics/Use,

Voluntarism in occupational health and safety: a reply to Farlow

The serious allegations made by Farlow as to the integrity of this study cannot be allowed to go by without comment. The study and general criticisms which relate to the sample, choice of variables and the findings are briefly dealt with. The main comments in this reply are directed at the 3 more specific issues which appear to be the real concern of the Federation, namely, worker participation, trade union input and interpretation of the aims of the Code of Practice for health and representatives and health and safety committees (1987)

Moral Spillovers: The Effect of Moral Violations on Deviant Behavior

Two experiments investigated whether outcomes that violate people\u27s moral standards increase their deviant behavior (the moral spillover effect). In Study 1, participants read about a legal trial in which the outcome supported, opposed or was unrelated to their moral convictions. Relative to when outcomes supported moral convictions, when outcomes opposed moral convictions people judged the outcome to be less fair, were more angry, were less willing to accept the outcome, and were more likely to take a borrowed pen. In Study 2, participants who recalled another person\u27s moral violation were more likely to cheat on an experimental task relative to angry or neutral condition participants. Taken together, results provide evidence for moral spillover: outcomes that violate moral standards increase deviant behavior

Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper (eds.), The Laughing Dead: The Horror-Comedy Film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland

The Laughing Dead is as hybrid as its subject, covering American and British film and television in a broad manner. Most of the essays here do not delve deeply into film aesthetics or theory, but they do provide a different perspective on both commonly analyzed and lesser-known films. The essays dealing with suburbia and gender are the strongest of the book. This collection of sixteen articles explores ways in which comedy and horror subvert generic norms, shattering expectations and forcing ..

Émeline Jouve, Aurélie Guillain and Laurence Talairach-Vielmas (eds), Unspeakable Acts : Murder by Women/L’acte inqualifiable ou le meurtre au féminin

Originally presented as part of an international conference in Toulouse on February 9 and 10, 2015, the 14 essays of this fascinating volume delve into historical and fictional murders by women and what we can learn from the ways in which these killings are interpreted. After a thorough introduction, the collection (in English and in French) is organized chronologically into two main sections: the first deals with literary renditions of famous murder cases; the second examines the ways (mostl..

Chameleons bake bigger pies and take bigger pieces: strategic behavioral mimicry facilitates negotiation outcomes

Two experiments investigated the hypothesis that strategic behavioral mimicry can facilitate negotiation outcomes. Study 1 used an employment negotiation with multiple issues, and demonstrated that strategic behavioral mimicry facilitated outcomes at both the individual and dyadic levels: Negotiators who mimicked the mannerisms of their opponents both secured better individual outcomes, and their dyads as a whole also performed better when mimicking occurred compared to when it did not. Thus, mimickers created more value and then claimed most of that additional value for themselves, though not at the expense of their opponents. In Study 2, mimicry facilitated negotiators’ ability to uncover underlying compatible interests and increased the likelihood of obtaining a deal in a negotiation where a prima facie solution was not possible. Results from Study 2 also demonstrated that interpersonal trust mediated the relationship between mimicry and deal-making. Implications for our understanding of negotiation dynamics and interpersonal coordination are discussed