The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture

Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-35371-9
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4385 g

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: We're Not Out of the Woods Yet 1. The Cabin in the Woods: Order versus Chaos in the 'New World' 2. 'We are But a Little Way in the Forest Yet': The Community in the Wilderness 3. 'Going Windigo': 'Civilisation' and 'Savagery' on the New Frontier 4. Backwoods Nightmares: The Rural Poor as Monstrous Other 5. 'Why Wouldn't the Wilderness Fight Us?' Eco-horror and the Apocalypse Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bernice M. Murphy is Lecturer in Popular Literature at the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Publications include The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture (2009),  (2013) and the collections Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy (2005) and (with Darryl Jones and Elizabeth McCarthy) It Came From the 1950s: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties (2011).