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The Horror Reader

Editors: Ken Gelder
ISBN: 978-0-415-21356-1 (paperback) 978-0-415-21355-4 (hardback) 978-0-203-13861-8 (electronic)
No. of pages: 415
Subject: Cultural Studies;
Publisher: Routledge, UK
From classic gothic literature like Frankenstein, to contemporary serial killers, horror film fanzines and low-budget movies such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this book collects twenty-nine key articles to examine the enduring resonance of horror across culture. [more]
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Prelims
Pages i – xiv
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INTRODUCTION
The field of horror
Pages 1 – 8
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Part One - THE FANTASTIC

Introduction to Part One
Pages 11 – 13
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Chapter 1
Page 14
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DEFINITION OF THE FANTASTIC
Pages 14 – 19
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1848: THE ASSAULT ON REASON (extract)
Pages 20 – 28
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Chapter 2
Page 20
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Chapter 3
Page 29
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PHANTASMAGORIA AND THE METAPHORICS OF MODERN REVERIE (extract)
Pages 29 – 46
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Part Two - HORROR AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

Introduction to Part Two
Pages 49 – 51
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VAMPIRES, BREAST-FEEDING, AND ANXIETY (extract)
Pages 52 – 63
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Chapter 4
Page 52
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KRISTEVA, FEMININITY, ABJECTION
Pages 64 – 70
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Chapter 5
Page 64
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‘IN HIS BOLD GAZE MY RUIN IS WRIT LARGE’ (extract)
Pages 71 – 78
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Chapter 6
Page 71
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Part Three - MONSTROSITIES

Introduction to Part Three
Pages 81 – 83
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Chapter 7
Page 84
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INTRODUCTION TO MONSTROUS IMAGINATION
Pages 84 – 89
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FREAKS
Pages 90 – 96
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Chapter 8
Page 90
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Chapter 9
Page 97
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THE SERIAL KILLER AS A TYPE OF PERSON (extract)
Pages 97 – 108
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Part Four - MANY FRANKENSTEINS

Introduction to Part Four
Pages 111 – 113
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Chapter 10
Page 114
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PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION
The case of Frankenstein (extract)
Pages 114 – 127
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HERE COMES THE BRIDE
Wedding gender and race in Bride of Frankenstein (extract)
Pages 128 – 142
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Chapter 11
Page 128
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Part Five - READING THE KING VAMPIRE

Introduction to Part Five
Pages 145 – 147
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Chapter 12
Page 148
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DIALECTIC OF FEAR (extract)
Pages 148 – 160
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Chapter 13
Page 161
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THE OCCIDENTAL TOURIST
Dracula and the anxiety of reverse colonization (extract)
Pages 161 – 171
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VAMPIRIC TYPEWRITING
Dracula and its media (extract)
Pages 172 – 184
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Chapter 14
Page 172
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Part Six - QUEER HORROR

Introduction to Part Six
Pages 187 – 189
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Chapter 15
Page 190
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DR JEKYLL’S CLOSET (extract)
Pages 190 – 197
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TRACKING THE VAMPIRE (extract)
Pages 198 – 209
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Chapter 16
Page 198
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Chapter 17
Page 210
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FEMALE SPECTATOR, LESBIAN SPECTER: THE HAUNTING (extract)
Pages 210 – 222
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Part Seven - ETHNIC MONSTERS

Introduction to Part Seven
Pages 225 – 227
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VAMPIRES IN GREECE (extract)
Pages 228 – 241
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Chapter 18
Page 228
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KING KONG AND THE MONSTER IN ETHNOGRAPHIC CINEMA (extract)
Pages 242 – 250
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Chapter 19
Page 242
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Part Eight - AMERICAN GOTHIC

Introduction to Part Eight
Pages 253 – 255
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INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HORRORS (extract)
Pages 256 – 264
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Chapter 20
Page 256
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INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOTHIC (extract)
Pages 265 – 270
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Chapter 21
Page 265
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Part Nine - READING SPLATTER/SLASHER CINEMA

Introduction to Part Nine
Pages 273 – 275
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HORRALITY - THE TEXTUALITY OF CONTEMPORARY HORROR FILMS
Pages 276 – 284
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Chapter 22
Page 276
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Chapter 23
Page 285
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THE TERROR OF PLEASURE
The contemporary horror film and postmodern theory
Pages 285 – 293
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HER BODY, HIMSELF (extract)
Pages 294 – 308
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Chapter 24
Page 294
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Part Ten - LOWBROW/LOW-BUDGET HORROR

Introduction to Part Ten
Pages 311 – 313
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Chapter 25
Page 314
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FANS’ NOTES: THE HORROR FILM FANZINE
Pages 314 – 323
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A (SADISTIC) NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Notes on the Italian horror film
Pages 324 – 335
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Chapter 26
Page 324
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Chapter 27
Page 336
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REVENGE OF THE LEECH WOMAN
On the dread of aging in a low-budget horror film
Pages 336 – 346
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Part Eleven - NEW REGIONAL HORROR

Introduction to Part Eleven
Pages 349 – 351
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Chapter 28
Page 352
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GHOST STORIES, BONE FLUTES, CANNIBAL COUNTERMEMORY
Pages 353 – 363
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PREPOSTEROUS HONG KONG HORROR
Rouge’s (be)hindsight and A (sodomitical) Chinese Ghost Story
Pages 364 – 373
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Chapter 29
Page 364
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Notes on contributors
Pages 374 – 378
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Bibliography
Pages 379 – 400
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Index
Pages 401 – 415
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