The philosophy of horror /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.
Description:	vi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The philosophy of popular culture Philosophy of popular culture.
Subject:	Horror films -- History and criticism. Horror television programs -- History and criticism. Horror in literature. Horror tales, American -- History and criticism. Popular culture. Horror films. Horror in literature. Horror tales, American. Horror television programs. Popular culture. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8061667

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Other authors / contributors:	Fahy, Thomas Richard.
ISBN:	9780813125732 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813125731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Horror and the Idea of Life
3. Through a Mirror, Darkly
4. The Justification of Torture-Horror
5. Hobbes, Human Nature, and the Culture of American Violence in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
6. Making Their Presence Known
7. The Vampire with a Soul
8. Ideological Formations of the Nuclear Family in The Hills Have Eyes (1977, 2006)
9. Zombies of the World Unite
10. The Haunted House of Edgar G. Ulmer
11. From Domestic Nightmares to Nightmare of History
12. Hot with Rapture and Cold with Fear
13. Shock Value
14. Making Monsters
15. Kitsch and Camp and Things That Go Bump in the Night

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