Cambridge Companion to American Horror

This book provides an essential guide to one of the most popular contemporary genres. Ranging across disciplines, underpinned by historical scholarship and alert to the latest thinking, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in America's dark past and present.

List of contents

Introduction: American Horror: Genre and History Mark Storey and Stephen Shapiro; Part I. Histories: 1. Slavery Maisha Wester; 2. Capitalism Mark Steven; 3. Religion and Spirituality Carl H. Sederholm; 4. Settlement and Imperialism Johan Höglund; 5. Censorship and State Regulation Kendall R. Phillips; 6. Schlock, Kitsch, and Camp Esther Leslie; Part II. Genres: 7. Body Horror Xavier Aldana Reyes; 8. Queer Horror Laura Westengard; 9. Folk Horror Bernice M. Murphy; 10. Occult Horror Darryl Jones; 11. SF and the Weird Betsy Huang; 12. Monsters and the Monstrous Dawn Keetley.

About the author

Stephen Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick. Author or editor of 17 books, some of his most recent include Pentecostal Modernism: Lovecraft, Los Angeles, and World-Systems Culture and as part of the Warwick Research Collective, Combined and Uneven Development: Towards a New Theory of World-Literature.Mark Storey is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, where his teaching includes 'American Horror Story: US Gothic Cultures, 1619 to Tomorrow'. He is the author of two books on American literature: Rural Fictions, Urban Realities (2013) and Time and Antiquity in American Empire (2021).

Summary

This book provides an essential guide to one of the most popular contemporary genres. Ranging across disciplines, underpinned by historical scholarship and alert to the latest thinking, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in America's dark past and present.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen (University of Warwick) Storey Shapiro
• Assisted by: Stephen Shapiro (Editor), Stephen (University of Warwick) Shapiro (Editor), Shapiro Stephen (Editor), Mark Storey (Editor), Mark (University of Warwick) Storey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781009069892
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906989-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Horror, Films, cinema, Horror & ghost stories, Literary theory, Horror and supernatural fiction, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, FICTION / Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio