Gender, sexuality and queerness in American horror story : critical essays / edited by Harriet E.H. Earle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Earle, Harriet E. H., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American horror story (Television program).

Sex role on television.

Gender identity on television.

Queer theory.

Physical Description:

vii, 183 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

""The horror anthology TV show American Horror Story first aired on FX Horror in 2011 and has thus far spanned eight seasons. Addressing many areas of cultural concern, the show has tapped in to conversations about celebrity culture, family dynamics, and more. This volume considers how this series engages with representations of gender, sexuality, queer identities and other LGBTQ issues. These interdisciplinary essays address myriad elements of American Horror Story, from the relationship between gender and nature to contemporary masculinities, offering a sustained analysis of a show that has proven to be central to contemporary genre television."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Abject Versus the "Normate"

"Drill-Do Horror": Abjection, Queer Bodies and Sexual Violence in Murder House, Freak Show and Hotel p. 9 / Tosha R. Taylor

Policing Compulsory Able-Bodiedness and the Violence of Normalcy in Asylum and Freak Show p. 26 / Jarred Wiehe

Representing Mononormativity p. 43 / Karen J. Renner

Queer Women and Fluid Femininities

My Freaks, My Monsters: Queer Representation, Elsa Mars and Camp p. 59 / Daniel Clarke

Blood Baths: Social Transgression and the Inverted Womb p. 76 / Lauren Coker

Reading Roanoke Through Ecomedia p. 93 / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Emiliano Aguilar

Up Close and Personal: Single-Season Case Studies

Gender, Race and Rage in Trump's America and Cult p. 113 / Jessica Sellin-Blanc and Paul Doro

Murder in the Hell House: Negotiating the Christian Right's "Family Values" Agenda and Murder House p. 130 / Stefanie Esser

America's Deadliest Hotel: The Gender Politics of Checking In and Never Leaving p. 145 / Rhona Gordon

"A Convenient Place for Inconvenient People": Madness and Sex in Asylum p. 160 / Harriet E. H. Earle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476678849

1476678847

OCLC:

1104915236