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... Hideous Progeny is a valuable contribution to discussions of disability, spectacle, and eugenics in genre fiction and film. -- Hannah Tweed, University of Glasgow H-Net Reviews

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema 1. Eugenic Reproduction: Chimeras in Dracula and Frankenstein 2. Enfreaking the Classic Horror Genre: Freaks 3. Revelations and Convulsions: Spectacles of Impairment in Classic Horror Film 4. Mad Medicine: Disability in the Mad-Doctor Films 5. Shock Horror and Death Rays: Disabling Spectatorship Conclusion Notes Bibliography Selected Films Index

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 24 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9780231157162
      978-0231157162
      ISBN-10 0231157169
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      ... Hideous Progeny is a valuable contribution to discussions of disability, spectacle, and eugenics in genre fiction and film. -- Hannah Tweed, University of Glasgow H-Net Reviews

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema 1. Eugenic Reproduction: Chimeras in Dracula and Frankenstein 2. Enfreaking the Classic Horror Genre: Freaks 3. Revelations and Convulsions: Spectacles of Impairment in Classic Horror Film 4. Mad Medicine: Disability in the Mad-Doctor Films 5. Shock Horror and Death Rays: Disabling Spectatorship Conclusion Notes Bibliography Selected Films Index

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