Hideous progeny : disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Angela M., author.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Film and culture Film and culture.
Subject:	Horror films -- History and criticism. People with disabilities in motion pictures. Grotesque in motion pictures. Eugenics in motion pictures. Eugenics in motion pictures. Grotesque in motion pictures. Horror films. People with disabilities in motion pictures. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11148872

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ISBN:	9780231527859 0231527853 9781281862839 1281862835 9780231157162 0231157169 9780231157179 0231157177 9786613792150 6613792152
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Description based on print version record
Summary:	Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness. Most critics have interpreted such traits as symptoms of sexual repression, or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, but Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. Presenting an altogether different reading, she finds in the narrative and spectacle of classic 1930s horror a fascination with eugenics and physical and
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Angela M. Hideous progeny. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011 9780231157162

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