Horror television in the age of consumption : binging on fear / edited by Linda Belau and Kimberly Jackson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Belau, Linda, editor.

Jackson, Kimberly, 1975- editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in television studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror television programs--Social aspects.

Horror television programs.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

vi, 207 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Characterized as it is by its interest in and engagement with the supernatural, psycho-social formations, the gothic, and issues of identity and subjectivity, horror has long functioned as an allegorical device for interrogations into the seamier side of cultural foundations. This collection, therefore, explores both the cultural landscape of this recent phenomenon and the reasons for these television series' wide appeal, focusing on televisual aesthetics, technological novelties, the role of adaptation and seriality, questions of gender, identity and subjectivity, and the ways in which the shows' themes comment on the culture that consumes them. Featuring new work by many of the field's leading scholars, this collection offers innovative readings and rigorous theoretical analyses of some of our most significant contemporary texts in the genre of Horror Television."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: binging on horror / Linda Belau and Kimberly Jackson

Pigeons from hell: anthology horror on American television in the 1950s and 1960s / Peter Hutchings - "Where it belongs" : television horror, domesticity and Alfred Hitchcock presents / Mark Jancovich

The thing "Chants out between two worlds" : surreal latency in the twin peaks universe / Ed Cameron

If I could have feelings at all, I'd have them for deb: love, law, and loss in showtime's Dexter / Kimberly jackson

White trash in wife-beaters? U.S. television Werewolves, Gendifer, and Class / Lorna Jowet

"The world is changing again": bodies, interpretation, and the monotony of the drive in the Walking dead / Alexander N. Howe

Family ties and maternal things: Bates Motel as family romance for the Post-Oedipal Era / Linda Belau

Masters of mise-en-scene: the stylistic excess of Hannibal / Stacey Abott

Sleepy hollow and the horrors of history Post-9 /11 / Jim Daems

It's a monster mash! Penny Dreadful and the return to (and of) contemporary horror's Victorian Roots / Michael Fuchs /

Slashing through the bonds of blood: Queer family and Scream: the TV Series / Kyle Christensen

Resurrection: Ash vs Evil Dead, network television, and the cult horror film revival / Ian Conrich

Welcome to the upside down: nostalgia and cultural fears in Stranger things / Rose Butler.

Notes:

First published 2018 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0367888920

9780367888923

OCLC:

1129927329

Publisher Number:

99987580308