{"product_id":"monstrous-things-9781476688299","title":"Monstrous Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   An indispensable resource for students and researchers of paranormal myth and media, this book explores the undead and unholy in literature, film, television, and popular culture. Following an introduction to frightful manifestations in media, sections address ghosts, vampires, and monsters individually, and each section includes a broad consideration of the ghost, vampire or monster in American culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The section dedicated to ghosts examines the spectral turn of popular culture and the ghost''s relation to justice and mourning, with particular attention to Toni Morrison and Herman Melville. In the vampires section, the author considers the undead bloodsucker''s relationship to anti-Semitism, suicide, and cinema. The third section discusses monsters in relation to topics such as global pandemics, terrorism, mass shootings, stranger danger, and social otherness, with attention to a range of popular culture texts including the films \u003ci\u003eIT\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt Follows\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Monstrous Musings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct I: Ghosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe American Ghost Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Spectral Turn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoing Justice to Bartleby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen Minutes for Seven Letters: Reading Beloved's Epitaph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct II: Vampires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Vampires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vampire Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCircumcising Dracula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVampire Suicide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct III: Monsters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Monsters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: A Genealogy of Monster Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvisible Monsters: Vision, Horror, and Contemporary Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Is IT? Ambient Dread and Modern Paranoia in It (2017), It Follows (2014), and It Comes at Night (2017)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040506184023,"sku":"9781476688299","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476688299.jpg?v=1750946956","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monstrous-things-9781476688299","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}