[UPDATE 4/29/12…]
Dr. Rob McMinn (the UK teacher behind the We Study Media edublog) gives a succinct overview of Freud’s work on the uncanny (das Unheimliche) in relation to horror texts and the media, in the following slideshow (formerly a “slideshare”, now a google document) related to one of his courses:
I particularly liked this slide by Dr. McMinn, because it serves up the way that oppositional binaries structure the theory, especially in terms of the role of “secrets” in the private and the public (un-private?) spheres.
I am interested in your presenation about Freud’s Uncanny. Is it still available?
Shane: Credit Dr. Robert McMinn for the slideshow. He’s pulled them from the website where they were published and may be re-working them soon. See his blog, linked in my article, or at: http://westudymedia.wordpress.com/about/
I reached out to Dr. McMinn and he graciously has shared the slideshow in google doc format. I’m very grateful. Enjoy his excellent work!