Monsters in America : our historical obsession with the hideous and the haunting / W. Scott Poole.

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"Poole's central argument in Monsters in America is that monster tales intertwine with America's troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers deeper into America's tangled past to show how monsters continue to haunt contemp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poole, W. Scott, 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Monsters.
Ghosts.
Ghouls and ogres.
Animals, Mythical.
Supernatural.
Popular culture > United States > History.
Popular culture.
United States.
Kulturwissenschaften.
Literatur.
Massenkultur.
Ungeheuer.
USA.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxiv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
"Poole's central argument in Monsters in America is that monster tales intertwine with America's troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers deeper into America's tangled past to show how monsters continue to haunt contemporary American ideology."--Publisher.
Call Number:GR825 .P626 2018
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299), filmography (pages 253-255) and index.
ISBN:9781481308823
1481308823