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Reading American horror story : essays on the television franchise / edited by Rebecca Janicker.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.A5255 R43 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American horror story (Television program).
- Horror television programs--United States--History and criticism.
- Horror television programs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 218 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Looming onto the television landscape in 2011, American Horror Story gave viewers a weekly dose of psychological unease and gruesome violence. This collection of new essays examines the series' contribution to television horror, focusing on how the show speaks to social concerns, its use of classic horror tropes and its reinvention of the tale of terror"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Industry and Culture 7
- American Horror Stories, Repertory Horror and Intertextuality of Casting / Lorna Jowett Jowett, Lorna 8
- Haunted History: American Horror Story as Gothic Tourism / Stacey Abbott Abbott, Stacey 27
- Seasons, Family and Nation in American Horror Story / Derek Johnston Johnston, Derek 45
- Part 2 Issues of Representation 65
- Static Femininity: Gender and Familial Representation in Murder House / Nikki Cox Cox, Nikki 66
- The Minotaur, the Shears and the Melon Bailer: Queerness and Self-Mortification in Coven / Kyle Ethridge Ethridge, Kyle 85
- "Wir sind alle freaks": Elevating White Gay Male Oppression Through Representations of Disability / Carl Schottmiller Schottmiller, Carl 104
- Part 3 Genre Tropes and the Horror of History 127
- "There's a power in it. A power we can use": Perpetuating the Past in Murder House / Rebecca Janicker Janicker, Rebecca 128
- "They were monsters": The Alien Abduction Plotline and Race, Sexuality and Social Unrest in Asylum / Philip L. Simpson Simpson, Philip L. 145
- Piecing It Together: Genre Frameworks in American Horror Story / Emma Austin Austin, Emma 163
- Nightmares Made in America: Coven and the Real American Horror Story / Conny Lippert Lippert, Conny 182.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476663524
- 1476663521
- OCLC:
- 982185018
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