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The suburban gothic in American popular culture / Bernice M. Murphy.
LIBRA PS374.G68 M87 2009
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Van Pelt Library PS374.G68 M87 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Bernice M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
- Horror tales, American.
- Gothic revival (Literature)--United States.
- Gothic revival (Literature).
- Horror television programs.
- United States.
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Horror television programs--United States--History and criticism.
- Horror in literature.
- Horror in mass media.
- Suburbs in literature.
- Suburbs in mass media.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 236 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction : welcome to disturbia
- The house down the street : the suburban gothic in Shirley Jackson and Richard Matheson
- Conjure wife : the suburban witch
- Aliens, androids and zombies : dehumanisation and the suburban gothic
- "You son of a bitch! : you only moved the headstones!" haunted suburbia
- Don't go down to the basement! : serial murder, family values and the suburban horror film
- "Ah, but underneath
- " : Buffy the vampire slayer and Desperate Housewives
- Conclusion : the end of suburbia?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230218109
- 0230218105
- OCLC:
- 298778303
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