American horror story and philosophy : life is but a nightmare / edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison-Greene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greene, Richard, 1961 September 2- editor.

Robison-Greene, Rachel, 1983- editor.

Series:

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 114.

Popular culture and philosophy ; volume 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American horror story (Television program).

Horror television programs--United States--History and criticism.

Horror television programs.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 226 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Open Court, [2018]

Summary:

Part of series highlighting the philosophical underpinnings of pop culture figures, media, and trends, this volume presents twenty-five essays examining the philosophy of the television drama Dexter about a fictional serial killer. Essays discuss such topics as childhood trauma, Dexter's irrational rationality, ethics and violence, obsessive compulsive behaviors, race and gender in the program and Dexter at the nexus of human and beast. Contributors are graduate students and professors of philosophy from universities around the US. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

I Goddesses don't speak in whispers. They scream 1

1 What's So Scary about Demonic Possession? / Rachel Robison-Greene Robison-Greene, Rachel 3

2 A Death Worth Living / Elizabeth Rard Rard, Elizabeth 13

3 My Sister, My Self? / Richard Greene Greene, Richard 23

4 How to Live through a Horror Story and Find Your Self / Jacob Browne Browne, Jacob, Christophe Porot Porot, Christophe 33

5 Other People's Body Parts / Charlene Elsby Elsby, Charlene, Rob Luzecky Luzecky, Rob 45

II When bad things keep happening to good people, you start to question what is right and what is wrong 55

6 Horror Can Be Great Drama / S. Evan Kreider Kreider, S. Evan 57

7 And the Most Despicable Jessica Lange Character Is ... / Rachel Robison-Greene Robison-Greene, Rachel 71

8 Night of the Living Disabled / Matthew William Brake Brake, Matthew William 81

9 Voodoo Hoodoo / Cari Callis Callis, Cari 91

10 Too Freaking Bad / Rod Carveth Carveth, Rod 107

III I have long stopped asking why the mad do mad things 119

11 999 Fingers / Christopher Ketcham Ketcham, Christopher 121

12 A Month from Now, I'll Be a Balding, Toothless Skeleton / Seth M. Walker Walker, Seth M. 131

13 Burn the Witch! / Cherise Huntingford Huntingford, Cherise 145

IV I am tough, but I'm no cookie 159

14 The Absurdity at the Heart of Horror / Gerald Browning Browning, Gerald 161

15 Red Harvest in Roanoke / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Berns, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni, Emiliano Aguilar Aguilar, Emiliano 169

16 Please Don't Kill Me! (But if You Do, Could You Make a Video?) / Cherise Huntingford Huntingford, Cherise 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.

ISBN:

9780812699722

0812699726

0812697170

9780812697179

OCLC:

1019909124