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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Baylor University Press
ISBN-10
1602583145
ISBN-13
9781602583146
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109193777
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Monsters in America : Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting
Subject
Unexplained Phenomena, Folklore & Mythology, Popular Culture, Supernatural, United States / General
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-053273
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Poole ... has set the bar ridiculously high for any future research exploring the locus of historical and cultural studies, particularly as it pertains to the horrific. ... Monsters In America challenges, enlightens, and, quite honestly, frightens in its prescient view of American history, as well as the seeming ubiquity of the monsters of our past and probable future." --The Crawlspace, Poole... has set the bar ridiculously high for any future research exploring the locus of historical and cultural studies, particularly as it pertains to the horrific.... Monsters In America challenges, enlightens, and, quite honestly, frightens in its prescient view of American history, as well as the seeming ubiquity of the monsters of our past and probable future., "An unexpected guilty pleasure! Poole invites us into an important and enlightening, if disturbing, conversation about the very real monsters that inhabit the dark spaces of America's past." -J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion, "With Monsters in America, W. Scott Poole has given us a guidebook for a journey into nightmare territory. Insightful and brilliant!" --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Dead of Night, "Poole brings to life American horror stories by framing them within folk belief, religion, and popular culture, broadly unraveling the idea of the monster. Thanks to Poole's insights we see the ubiquity of the monster lurking in and around us." -John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, ... incredibly rewarding and fulfilling reading.... Monsters in America has without a doubt earned a spot on my favorite books of 2011. Highly recommended., Monsters in America is lively and entertaining throughout. The book's unusual range is one of its contributions; its freshness of juxtaposition is another., Poole's connection of the monster to American history is a kind of Creature Features meets American cultural history. Here we not only meet such monsters but also discover America's cultural monstrosity." --John W. Morehead, editor, www.TheoFantastique.com, ... Monsters in America is an important contribution, and it will be enjoyed by literary and cultural historians alike., "An unexpected guilty pleasure! Poole invites us into an important and enlightening, if disturbing, conversation about the very real monsters that inhabit the dark spaces of America's past." --J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion, "Poole ... has set the bar ridiculously high for any future research exploring the locus of historical and cultural studies, particularly as it pertains to the horrific. ...Monsters In Americachallenges, enlightens, and, quite honestly, frightens in its prescient view of American history, as well as the seeming ubiquity of the monsters of our past and probable future." --The Crawlspace, Numerous scholars explore the cultural and political implications of monster and horror films for the times from which they emerge.... Few scholars connect such implications across broader expanses of time to reveal how intrinsically monsters and the horrific have been bound up in the history of America. Even fewer scholars do so as adeptly and as entertainingly as W. Scott Poole., "From 19th century sea serpents to our current obsession with vampires and zombies, ... Poole plots America's past through its fears in this intriguing ...sociocultural history." -- Publishers Weekly, "Poole brings to life American horror stories by framing them within folk belief, religion, and popular culture, broadly unraveling the idea of the monster. Thanks to Poole's insights we see the ubiquity of the monster lurking in and around us." --John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "... one of the best reads of the year." --Dave Canfield, Fangoria "From 19th century sea serpents to our current obsession with vampires and zombies, ... Poole plots America's past through its fears in this intriguing ...sociocultural history." -- Publishers Weekly, "Poole's connection of the monster to American history is a kind of Creature Features meets American cultural history. Here we not only meet such monsters but also discover America's cultural monstrosity." --John W. Morehead, editor, www.TheoFantastique.com, "With Monsters in America , W. Scott Poole has given us a guidebook for a journey into nightmare territory. Insightful and brilliant!" --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Dead of Night, Historian W. Scott Poole distinguishes himself by focusing on the American context, providing a history told through the personified expressions of our anxieties and fears. In the follow-up to his first book, Satan in America , Poole has now turned his attention to the monsters that inhabit American cinema and American imaginations., "A well informed, thoughtful, and indeed frightening angle of vision to a persistent and compelling American desire to be entertained by the grotesque and the horrific." --Gary Laderman, Professor of American Religious History and Cultures, Emory University, "From 19th century sea serpents to our current obsession with vampires and zombies, ... Poole plots America's past through its fears in this intriguing ...sociocultural history."--Publishers Weekly, "From 19th century sea serpents to our current obsession with vampires and zombies, ... Poole plots America's past through its fears in this intriguing ...sociocultural history." --Publishers Weekly, From 19th century sea serpents to our current Publishers Weekly session with vampires and zombies,... Poole plots America's past through its fears in this intriguing... sociocultural history., "A well informed, thoughtful, and indeed frightening angle of vision to a persistent and compelling American desire to be entertained by the grotesque and the horrific." -Gary Ladderman, Professor of American Religious History and Cultures, Emory University, "Poole's connection of the monster to American history is a kind of Creature Features meets American cultural history. Here we not only meet such monsters but also discover America's cultural monstrosity." -John W. Morehead, editor, www.TheoFantastique.com, … Monsters in America is an important contribution, and it will be enjoyed by literary and cultural historians alike., [Poole's] book is sufficiently clear and engaging for general readers to enjoy and would make a worthwhile addition to undergraduate course in American history or culture., Poole's connection of the monster to American history is a kind of Creature Features meets American cultural history. Here we not only meet such monsters but also discover America's cultural monstrosity., "WithMonsters in America, W. Scott Poole has given us a guidebook for a journey into nightmare territory. Insightful and brilliant!" --Jonathan Maberry,New York Timesbestselling author ofPatient ZeroandDead of Night, "WithMonsters in America, W. Scott Poole has given us a guidebook for a journey into nightmare territory. Insightful and brilliant!" -Jonathan Maberry,New York Timesbestselling author ofPatient ZeroandDead of Night
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
398.24/54
Table Of Content
Introduction: The Bloody Chords of Memory 1. Monstrous Beginnings 2. Goth Americana 3. Weird Science 4. Alien Invasions 5. Deviant Bodies 6. Haunted Houses 7. Undead Americans
Synopsis
Salem witches, frontier wilderness beasts, freak show oddities, alien invasions, Freddie Krueger. From our colonial past to the present, the monster in all its various forms has been a staple of American culture. A masterful survey of our grim and often disturbing past, Monsters in America uniquely brings together history and culture studies to expose the dark obsessions that have helped create our national identity. Monsters are not just fears of the individual psyche, historian Scott Poole explains, but are concoctions of the public imagination, reactions to cultural influences, social change, and historical events. Conflicting anxieties about race, class, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, science, and politics manifest as haunting beings among the populace. From Victorian-era mad scientists to modern-day serial killers , new monsters appear as American society evolves, paralleling fluctuating challenges to the cultural status quo. Consulting newspaper accounts, archival materials, personal papers, comic books, films, and oral histories, Poole adroitly illustrates how the creation of the monstrous other not only reflects society's fears but shapes actual historical behavior and becomes a cultural reminder of inhuman acts., Salem witches, frontier wilderness beasts, freak show oddities, alien invasions, Freddie Krueger. From our colonial past to the present, the monster in all its various forms has been a staple of American culture. A masterful survey of our grim and often disturbing past, Monsters in America uniquely brings together history and culture studies to expose the dark obsessions that have helped create our national identity. Monsters are not just fears of the individual psyche, historian Scott Poole explains, but are concoctions of the public imagination, reactions to cultural influences, social change, and historical events. Conflicting anxieties about race, class, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, science, and politics manifest as haunting beings among the populace. From Victorian-era mad scientists to modern-day serial killers , new monsters appear as American society evolves, paralleling fluctuating challenges to the cultural status quo. Consulting newspaper accounts, archival materials, personal papers, comic books, films, and oral histories, Poole adroitly illustrates how the creation of the monstrous "other" not only reflects society's fears but shapes actual historical behavior and becomes a cultural reminder of inhuman acts.
LC Classification Number
GR825.P626 2011
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