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The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture

The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture

Hardback Published on: 21/08/2009
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Synopsis

The first sustained examination of the depiction of American suburbia in gothic and horror films, television and literature from 1948 to the present day. Beginning with Shirley Jackson's The Road Through the Wall , Murphy discusses representative texts from each decade, including I Am Legend , Bewitched , Halloween and Desperate Housewives .

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • ISBN: 9780230218109
  • Number of pages: 236
  • Dimensions: 142 x 224 x 21 mm
  • Weight: 416g
  • Languages: English