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Author:   Karen Horsley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
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9781041187165

ISBN 10:   1041187165
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Introduction, From Belles to Bayous: The Fall of the South on Screen, Section One The South in the Cultural Imaginary, 1. The South as Region: Southern History, Southern Identity, and Perceptions of Southern Difference, 2. From Sectionalism to Swamp People: Conceptualizations of Southern Otherness, 3. Ghosts Fierce and Instructive: The South as Haunted Terrain, Section Two Gothic Visions, Southern Stories, 4. Crumbling Structures and Contaminated Narratives: Genre and the Gothic, 5. Manifesting the Other, Section Three The Southern Gothic on Screen, 6. Locating the Gothic South, 7. Slavery, Degeneracy, Myth, and Historical Resonances: A Survey of Southern Gothic Screen Texts, Section Four Case Studies: Toys in the Attic and Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, 8. Reinterpreting Gothic Secrecy: Toys in the Attic, 9. Finding the South in the Ethereal: Atmosphere and the Spectral in Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, Conclusion, Fading, But Never Faded, Bibliography, Filmography, Television Series, Songs, Video Games, Websites, Index.

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Born in Melbourne, Australia, Karen Horsley has spent 10 years researching the American South in film, television, and literature. This has included extensive travel in the Deep South (most of it on buses) collecting data on Southern regionalism, the Civil War, the Southern literary tradition, southern culture, and southern religion. She received her PhD from La Trobe University in 2017 and currently teaches Screen Studies and Media Studies at Swinburne University in Melbourne.

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