Description
Book Synopsis The horror genre mirrors the American queer experience, both positively and negatively, overtly and subtextually, from the lumbering, flower-picking monster of Frankenstein (1931) to the fearless intersectional protagonist of the Fear Street Trilogy (2021). This is a historical look at the queer experiences of the horror genre''s characters, performers, authors and filmmakers.
Offering a fresh look at the horror genre''s queer roots, this book documents how diverse stories have provided an outlet for queer people--including transgender and non-binary people--to find catharsis and reclamation. Freaks, dolls, serial killers, telekinetic teenagers and Final Girls all have something to contribute to the historical examination of the American LGBTQ+ experience. Ranging from psychiatry to homophobic fear of HIV/AIDS spread and, most recently, the alienation and self-determination of queer America in the Trump era, this is a look into how terror may repair a shat
Table of Contents
- Table of Content
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Queens of Hollywood: Queer Roots, Censorship, and the Lavender Menace (the 1930s–1940s)
- Chapter 2. Psychos, Aliens, and Ghosts: Mass Conformity, Gay Liberation, and the Underground Response (the 1950s–1970s)
- Chapter 3. Villainization: AIDS and Casual Homophobia (the 1980s)
- Chapter 4. Manifesting Monstrous Bodies: The Use of the Transgender, Intersex, and/or Non-Binary Body as Horror (1932–2001)
- Chapter 5. Exposure: Queers and the Millennium (1990–2009)
- Chapter 6. Queer Resistance: Representation and Trump's America (2010–2021)
- Chapter 7. Catharsis as Revenge
- For Your Viewing Pleasure
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
