CHAPTER 2. EVERY RITUAL HAS ITS PURPOSE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I. How Horror Works: Killing, Dying, Surviving
6. CHAPTER 1. TOOLS OF THE TRADE 15
7. CHAPTER 2. EVERY RITUAL HAS ITS PURPOSE 37
8. CHAPTER 3. GEORGE A. ROMERO AND THE WORK OF SURVIVAL 57
9. PART II. Working from Home: DOMESTIC, GENDERED, AND EMOTIONAL LABOR
10. CHAPTER 4. SONIC GOTHIC 77
11. CHAPTER 5. NO DRAMA 95
12. CHAPTER 6. REPRODUCTIVE TECHNICS AND TIME 113
13. PART III. Stolen Work, Stolen Play: RACE AND RACIALIZED LABOR
14. CHAPTER 7. “WE WANT TO TAKE OUR TIME” 133
15. CHAPTER 8. RACING WORK AND WORKING RACE IN BUPPIE HORROR 151
16. CHAPTER 9. THE HORROR OF STAGNATION; OR, THE PERSPECTIVAL DREAD OF IT FOLLOWS 169
17. CHAPTER 10 FIELDWORK 187
18. AFTERWORD: THE WORK OF HORROR AFTER GET OUT 205
19. CONTRIBUTORS 217
20. INDEX 221