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Author:   Victoria McCollum
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781138498280

ISBN 10:   1138498289
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   25 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: ‘Drain the Swamp [...] We All Float Down Here!’ The Evil Clown Archetype, Trump’s Circus of Cruelty and the Freak Show of US Politics in American Horror 1. Let’s Put a Smile on that Face: Trump, the Psychotic Clown and the History of American Violence 2. Shilling Pennywise: Chump Change in Trump’s (Trans)America Part 2: ‘A (Nasty) Woman’s Place is in the Resistance!’ Trump’s War on Women, ‘Pussy’ Grabs Back and Queer Horror Steps Out of the Shadows 3. Breaking Out and Fighting Back: Female Resistance in the Trump-Era Horror Film 4. An End to Monstrosity: Horror, Queer Representation, and the Trump Kakistocracy 5. Trauma, Repression and The Babadook: Sexual Identity in the Trump Era Part 3: ‘We All Bleed Red!’ Of God and Monsters, Targeted Bodies and Metaphorical Walls in Trump-Era Horror 6. Lock Her Up! Angry Men and the Captive Woman in Post-Recession Horror 7. I Told You Not To Go Into That House: Get Out and Horror’s Racial Politics 8. Securing the Borders: Isolation and Anxiety in The Witch, It Comes at Night, and Trump’s America Part 4: ‘You’ve Been Trump’d [...] Get Out (of the White House)! Animated Alternatives and Horror-Centric Parodies and Podcasts, Reimagined ˆ la Trump 9. Trump’s Great American Family: Racism, Sexism and Homophobia in Hotel Transylvania 2 10. South Park: Trump, Technology and the Uncanny 11. Get Out (of the White House): The Trump Administration and YouTube Horror Parody as Social Commentary 12. Beware the Untruths: Podcast Audio Horror in Post-Truth America Part 5: Now You’re in the Sunken Place... With a Damn Fine Cup of ‘Covfefe’. The Dangers of Nostalgia and the Darkness of Future Past in the Age of Trump 13. ‘There is No Return’: Twin Peaks and The Horror of Pleasure 14. It Is Happening Again: Trumpism, Uncanny Repetition and Twin Peaks: The Return

Reviews

'McCollum's standout edited collection is the first full-length study of the horror genre through the lens of the Trump era, offering a positive, progressive and pioneering perspective on popular culture as a site of cultural politics within a period that many would otherwise deem depressed, angered, paranoid and hopeless ... McCollum's study is an exceptionally brave and important piece of timely scholarship; one that will remain at the forefront of our imaginations as we move into a newly cast segment of the same American horror story.' - Harriet Stilley, European Journal of American Culture 'Including detailed and thought-provoking analysis, this collection is a worthwhile read.' - S. Pepper, Northeastern Illinois University, CHOICE

Author Information

Victoria McCollum is Lecturer in Cinematic Arts at the Ulster University, UK. She is the author of Post-9/11 Heartland Horror: Rural Horror Films in an Era of Urban Terrorism and the co-editor of HBO’s Original Voices: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Power and Alternative Media in Contemporary Turkey: Sustainability, Activism and Resistance.

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