Monsters arrived in 2011?and now they are back. Not only do they continue to live in our midst, but, as historian Scott Poole shows, these monsters are an important part of our past?a hideous obsession America cannot seem to escape. Poole?s central argument in Monsters in America is that monster tales intertwine with America?s troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers deeper into America?s tangled past to show how monsters continue to haunt contemporary American ideology. By adding new discussions of the American West, Poole focuses intently on the Native American experience. He reveals how monster stories went west to Sand Creek and Wounded Knee, bringing the preoccupation with monsters into the twentieth century through the American Indian Movement. In his new preface and expanded conclusion, Poole?s tale connects to the present?illustrating the relationship between current social movements and their historical antecedents. This proven textbook also studies the social location of contemporary horror films, exploring, for example, how Get Out emerged from the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, in the new section "American Carnage," Poole challenges readers to assess what their own monster tales might be and how our sordid past horrors express themselves in our present cultural anxieties. By the end of the book, Poole cautions that America?s monsters aren?t going away anytime soon. If specters of the past still haunt our present, they may yet invade our future. Monsters are here to stay.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Baylor University Press
ISBN-10
1481308823
ISBN-13
9781481308823
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038381775
Product Key Features
Author
W. Scott Poole
Publication Name
Monsters in America : Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Subject
Unexplained Phenomena, Folklore & Mythology, Popular Culture, Supernatural, United States / General, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Body, Mind & Spirit, History, Social Science, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
335 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Edition Description
New Edition
Reviews
"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
Copyright Date
2018
Dewey Decimal
398.24/54
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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