Monsters in America : our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting / W. Scott Poole.

By:

Poole, W. Scott, 1971-

Publication details: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011.Description: xviii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781602583146 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
1602583145 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
9781602584662 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

398.24/54 22

LOC classification:

GR825 .P626 2011

Other classification:

HR 1710

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 -- Note on sources.

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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.