The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture

2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-21810-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

The first sustained examination of the depiction of American suburbia in gothic and horror films, television and literature from 1948 to the present day. Beginning with Shirley Jackson's The Road Through the Wall, Murphy discusses representative texts from each decade, including I Am Legend, Bewitched, Halloween and Desperate Housewives.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: Welcome to Disturbia The House Down the Street: The Suburban Gothic in Shirley Jackson and Richard Matheson Conjure Wife: The Suburban Witch Aliens, Androids and Zombies: Dehumanisation and the Suburban Gothic 'You Son of a Bitch! You Only Moved the Headstones!': Haunted Suburbia Don't Go Down To The Basement!: Serial Murder, Family Values and the Suburban Horror Film 'Ah, But Underneath…': Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Desperate Housewives Conclusion: The End of Suburbia? Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

Über Autor(innen)

BERNICE M. MURPHY is Lecturer in Popular Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. She edited the collection (2005) and is co-founder/editor of the online .