The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture [electronic resource] : Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness /
Murphy, B.author.
The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: We're Not Out of the Woods Yet; 1 The Cabin in the Woods: Order versus Chaos in the 'New World'; 2 'We Are But a Little Way in the Forest Yet': The Community in the Wilderness; 3 'Going Windigo': 'Civilisation' and 'Savagery' on the New Frontier; 4 Backwoods Nightmares: The Rural Poor as Monstrous Other; 5 'Why Wouldn't the Wilderness Fight Us?' American Eco-Horror and the Apocalypse; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts.
Motion pictures-United States.
Motion pictures-History.
Culture-Study and teaching.
America-Literatures.
Communication.
Cultural studies.
American Cinema and TV.
Film History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
North American Literature.
Media Studies.
Cultural Studies.