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Dark carnivals : modern horror and the origins of American empire / W. Scott Poole.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H6 P63 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poole, W. Scott, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror films--United States--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Motion pictures and history--United States.
- Motion pictures and history.
- Horror in mass media--United States.
- Horror in mass media.
- National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Film criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 366 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Counterpoint edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2022.
- Summary:
- "With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Shark and the Chain Saw
- 1. Empire of Horror
- 2. American Massacres
- 3. I Wish They All Could Be California Girls
- 4. I Used to Hate the Water
- 5. Built on Top of a What??
- 6. Horrors, Foreign and Domestic
- 7. Weird Mystery Tales
- 8. Empire's Butcher Bill
- 9. The Thing on the Stairs
- 10. The Greenbaum Effect
- 11. Stranded in a Nightmare
- pt. II Atomic Empire
- 1. Twilight Zone
- 2. Death of the Monsters?
- 3. My Man Frankenstein
- 4. Monster Mash
- 5. Dracula vs. the FBI
- 6. Terror Bombing
- 7. Void, Despair, Torment
- 8. Cold Warriors... in Space!!
- 9. Noon on Doomsday
- 10. What the Martian Said
- 11. Shelter from the Midnight Sun
- pt. III Cold War, Red Planet
- 1. Unidentified
- 2. Crash Landings
- 3. Lone Gunmen
- 4. The Creatures with Atom Brains!!
- 5. We Gratefully Acknowledge the Cooperation of Those in Authority
- 6. The Midnight Monster Show
- 7. Future Imperfect
- 8. Who Goes There?
- 9. Crime, Sadism, Monsters, Ghouls, Corpses
- 10. Two-Fisted Tales
- pt. IV Zombie Republics, Body Bags
- 1. Black Magic Island
- 2. Jungle Fever
- 3. Bombs and Movies
- 4. Welcome (Back) to the Jungle
- 5. Night(s) of the Living Dead
- 6. The Null Zone
- 7. Empire's Missing Links
- 8. The Creature in a Grave of Ice!!
- 9. Drugs, Cryptids, and Covert Ops
- 10. They Own the Night
- 11. The Ghost of a Previous Nightmare
- 12. Bats Leaving, Virgins Bleeding
- pt. V Antichrist Country
- 1. Unlucky Numbers
- 2. Elm Street
- 3. Waiting for the Antichrist
- 4. Serpents and Rainbows
- 5. Ain't Got Time to Bleed
- 6. God Is Dead! Satan Lives!
- 7. Norman Rockwell Is Burning in Hell
- 8. Space, the Wild Frontier
- 9. They Live
- pt. VI The Forever Wars
- 1. Do You Like Scary Movies?
- 2. Ignoring the Tales from the Hood
- 3. The Rules
- 4. Let's Nuke the Bastards
- 5. Very Pretty Space Fascists
- 6. Unadorned Butchery
- 7. Apocalypse, Right Now
- 8. Al-Qaedzilla
- 9. Ghosting in Spook Country
- 10. Zombie Black Ops
- 11. Digital Demons
- 12. Purging
- 13. Like Something Out of a Zombie Movie.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-366).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781640094369
- 1640094369
- OCLC:
- 1291876593
- Publisher Number:
- 99991623994
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