Red, white, and spooked
Subtitle: the supernatural in American culture
By: M. Keith Booker.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780313357749
Subjects: Mass media and culture -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; Motion pictures and television -- United States; Supernatural; United States -- Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Not just a job: the longing for adventure in American history and American culture; title: Heroism in America : the longing for heroes in American history and American culture; title: U.S. vs. them : American paranoia and the longing for evil in American history and American culture; title: Conclusion : the contradictory compensations of popular culture.