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Title:
Hideous progeny : disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema
Author:
Smith, Angela M.
ISBN:
9780231527859

9780231157179

9781281862839
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Film and culture

Film and culture.
Abstract:
Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness. Most critics have interpreted such traits as symptoms of sexual repression, or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, but Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. Presenting an altogether different reading, she finds in the narrative and spectacle of classic 1930s horror a fascination with eugenics and physical and.
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