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
Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the original edition: With a warning to the unsuspecting reader
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The bloody chords of memory
  • Monstrous beginnings
  • Goth Americana
  • Weird science
  • Alien invasions
  • Deviant bodies
  • Haunted houses
  • Undead Americans
  • Conclusion: Worse things waiting.