CHAPTER 1. A REINTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN HORROR FILM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION: SITUATING HORROR AND OTHERNESS 1
6. PART I. TRANSFORMING HORROR AND OTHERNESS
7. CHAPTER 1. A REINTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN HORROR FILM 19
8. CHAPTER 2. THE SURREALISM OF HORROR’S OTHERNESS 45
9. PART II. TRANSFORMING THE MASTERS OF HORROR
10. CHAPTER 3. NIGHTMARE ZONE 69
11. CHAPTER 4. THE TRAUMA OF ECONOMIC OTHERNESS 85
12. CHAPTER 5. THERAPEUTIC DISINTEGRATION 102
13. PART III. TRANSFORMING HORROR’S OTHER VOICES
14. CHAPTER 6. GENDERED OTHERNESS 129
15. CHAPTER 7. RACIAL OTHERNESS 157
16. AFTERWORD 183
17. NOTES 187
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 205
19. INDEX 215
20. FILM AND CULTURE 225