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Hideous progeny : disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema / Angela M. Smith.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H6 S585 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Angela M.
- Series:
- Film and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- People with disabilities in motion pictures.
- Grotesque in motion pictures.
- Eugenics in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction: disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema
- Eugenic reproduction: chimeras in Dracula and Frankenstein
- Enfreaking the classic horror genre: freaks
- Revelations and convulsions: spectacles of impairment in classic horror film
- Mad medicine: disability in the mad-doctor films
- Shock horror and death rays: disabling spectatorship
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231157162
- 0231157169
- 9780231157179
- 0231157177
- 9780231527859
- 0231527853
- OCLC:
- 730413686
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