Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema

by Angela M. Smith

Book Overview

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 these traits as symptoms of sexual repression or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, yet Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. She finds instead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231157177
• ISBN13: 9780231157179
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher