Telling an American Horror Story

Essays on History, Place and Identity in the Series

AvCameron Williams Crawford,Leverett Butts

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Telling an American Horror Story collects essays from new and established critics looking at the many ways the horror anthology series intersects with and comments on contemporary American social, political and popular culture. Divided into three sections, the chapters apply a cultural criticism framework to examine how the first eight seasons of AHS engage with American history, our contemporary ideologies and social policies. Part I explores the historical context and the uniquely-American folklore that AHS evokes, from the Southern Gothic themes of Coven to connections between Apocalypseand anxieties of modern American youth. Part II contains interpretations of place and setting that mark the various seasons of the anthology. Finally, Part III examines how the series confronts notions of individual and social identity, like the portrayals of destructive leadership in Cult and lesbian representation in Asylum and Hotel.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476680613

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Mer om författaren

Cameron Williams Crawford is a senior lecturer at the University of North Georgia in Gainesville. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Leverett Butts teaches American literature at the Gainesville campus of the University of North Georgia. He lives in Carrollton, Georgia.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCameron Williams Crawford and Leverett ButtsPart I. History and FolkloreAsylum: Taboos and Transgressions in U.S. HistoryErin Guydish BuchholzWhere Myth Meets History: Discursive Haunting and the Resurrection of Marie Laveau in CovenRita MookerjeeCoven’s LaLaurie and Laveau: Contemporary Narratives of Southern Gothicism, Folklore and Nineteenth-Century New OrleansTammie JenkinsApocalypse and the Devil WeLeverett ButtsPart II. Space and PlaceDerridean Hauntology as Cultural Praxis: The Strange Case of Murder HouseJonathan GreenawayThe Psychiatric Clinic in Horror Cinema and TV: AsylumAntonio SannaThe Swampy Boundaries of “Otherness” in Freak Show and RoanokeCameron Williams CrawfordThe Meta-Carnival: Monsters and Mothers in Freak ShowJennifer K. CoxPart III. Identity PoliticsThe Mother-Witch and Witch as Mother in CovenSarah Foust VinsonWear Something Black: Fashion and Fierce Femininity in the Witch Drag of CovenMichelle L. PribbernowDestructive Leadership in Coven, Freak Show and CultCorrine E. HintonThe Lesbian Gothic in Asylum and HotelTosha R. TaylorAppendix I. List of EpisodesAppendix II. List of Major CharactersAbout the ContributorsIndex