| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Film and culture
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Film and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema -- Eugenic reproduction: chimeras in Dracula and Frankenstein -- Enfreaking the classic horror genre: freaks -- Revelations and convulsions: spectacles of impairment in classic horror film -- Mad medicine: disability in the mad-doctor films -- Shock horror and death rays: disabling spectatorship -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness. Most critics have interpreted such traits as symptoms of sexual repression, or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, but Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. Presenting an altogether different reading, she finds in the narrative and spectacle of classic 1930s horror a fascination with eugenics and physical and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Horror films -- History and criticism.
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Horror films. |
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People with disabilities in motion pictures.
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People with disabilities in motion pictures. |
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Grotesque in motion pictures.
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Grotesque in motion pictures. |
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Eugenics in motion pictures.
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Eugenics in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Angela M. Hideous progeny. New York : Columbia University Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011040542 |
| ISBN |
9780231527859 (electronic book) |
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0231527853 (electronic book) |
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0231157177 |
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9780231157179 |
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9781281862839 (MyiLibrary) |
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1281862835 (MyiLibrary) |
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9780231157162 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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9780231157179 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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0231157169 |
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