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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
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9780231157179, 978-0231157179
      ISBN10: 0231157177
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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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