An edition of Monsters in America (2011)

Monsters in America

our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting

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An edition of Monsters in America (2011)

Monsters in America

our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting

by

  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

Explains monsters as concoctions of the public imagination, reactions to cultural influences, social change, and historical events; and making use of newspaper accounts, films, and oral histories presents a history of America that illustrates how the monstrous reflects society's fears and shapes historical behavior.

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Baylor University Press
Language
English
Pages
295

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Subjects

Ghouls and ogres, Popular culture, Supernatural, Ghosts, Monsters, Mythical Animals, History, Animals, mythical, Popular culture, united states

Places

United States
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Monsters in America: our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting
2011, Baylor University Press
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Table of Contents

Preface : with a warning to the unsuspecting reader
Introduction : the bloody chords of memory
Monstrous beginnings
Goth Americana
Weird science
Alien invasions
Deviant bodies
Haunted houses
Undead Americans
Epilogue : worse things waiting
Filmography
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Waco, TX

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.24/54
Library of Congress
GR825 .P626 2011, GR825.P626 2011

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
295

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OL24792064M
ISBN 13
9781602583146
LCCN
2010053273
OCLC/WorldCat
694616493

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