Monsters in America : our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting /
Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Monsters in America : our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting / W. Scott Poole. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011. - xviii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
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.
9781602583146 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 1602583145 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 9781602584662 (paperback)
2010053273
015851700 Uk
Monsters.
Ghosts.
Ghouls and ogres.
Animals, Mythical.
Supernatural.
Popular culture--History.--United States
GR825 / .P626 2011
398.24/54
Monsters in America : our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting / W. Scott Poole. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011. - xviii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
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.
9781602583146 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 1602583145 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 9781602584662 (paperback)
2010053273
015851700 Uk
Monsters.
Ghosts.
Ghouls and ogres.
Animals, Mythical.
Supernatural.
Popular culture--History.--United States
GR825 / .P626 2011
398.24/54