Monsters in America : our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting /
Poole, W. Scott,1971-
Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Preface : with a warning to the unsuspecting reader -- Introduction : the bloody chords of memory -- Monstrous beginnings -- Goth Americana -- Weird science -- Alien invasions -- Deviant bodies -- Haunted houses -- Undead Americans -- Epilogue : worse things waiting -- Filmography -- Note on sources.
Monsters.
Ghosts.
Ghouls and ogres.
Animals, Mythical.
Supernatural.
Popular culture