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The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture
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The first sustained examination of the depiction of American suburbia in gothic and horror films, television and literature from 1948 to the present day. Beginning with Shirley Jackson's The Road Through the Wall, Murphy discusses representative texts from each decade, including I Am Legend, Bewitched, Halloween and Desperate Housewives.
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- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Welcome to Disturbia
- 1 The House Down the Street: The Suburban Gothic in Shirley Jackson and Richard Matheson
- 2 Conjure Wife: The Suburban Witch
- 3 Aliens, Androids and Zombies: Dehumanisation and the Suburban Gothic
- 4 âYou Son of a Bitch! You Only Moved the Headstones!â Haunted Suburbia
- 5 Donât Go Down to the Basement! Serial Murder, Family Values and the Suburban Horror Film
- 6 âAh, But Underneath . . . â Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Desperate Housewives
- Conclusion: The End of Suburbia?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index