1687005850     

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

Poole, W. Scott, 1971- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Second edition

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2018

xxiv, 311 Seiten : Illustrationen

Englisch

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Includes filmography (p. 229-230). - 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

978-1-4813-0882-3 (pbk); 978-1-60258-314-6 (hc)

OCoLC: 1358756312     

HR 1710      Ähnliche Literatur

GR825

398.24/54 ; 398.2454

Basisklassifikation: 15.87 (USA) <Geschichte>

SSG-Nummer(n): 7,26

LOC-SH: Ghosts ; Ghouls and ogres ; Animals, Mythical ; Supernatural ; Popular culture -- United States -- History ; Monsters

Monsters ; Ghosts ; Ghouls and ogres ; Animals, Mythical ; Supernatural ; Popular culture / United States / History