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American horror story and philosophy : life is but a nightmare / edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison-Greene.
Title:
American horror story and philosophy : life is but a nightmare / edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison-Greene.
ISBN:
9780812699722

9780812697179
Publication Information:
Chicago : Open Court, 2018.

©2018
Physical Description:
xii, 226 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
I. Goddesses don't speak in whispers. They scream : 1. What's so scary about demonic possession? / Rachel Robison-Greene -- 2. A death worth living / Elizabeth Rard -- 3. My sister, my self? / Richard Greene -- 4. How to live through a horror story and still find your self / Jacob Browne and Christophe Porot -- 5. Other people's body parts / Charlene Elsby and Rob Luzecky -- II. When bad things keep happening to good people, you start to question what is right and what is wrong : 6. Horror can be great drama / S. Evan Kreider -- 7. And the most despicable Jessica Lange character is... / Rachel Robison-Greene -- 8. Night of the living disabled / Matthew William Brake -- 9. Voodoo hoodoo / Cari Callis -- 10. Too freaking bad / Rod Carveth -- III. I have long stopped asking why the mad do mad things : 11. 999 fingers / Christopher Ketcham -- 12. A month from now, I'll be a balding, toothless skeleton / Seth M. Walker -- 13. Burn the witch! / Cherise Huntingford -- IV. I am tough, but I'm no cookie : 14. The absurdity at the heart of horror / Gerald Browning -- 15. Red harvest in Roanoke / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Emiliano Aguilar -- 16. Please don't kill me! (but if you do, could you make a video?) / Cherise Huntingford.
Summary:
In American Horror Story and Philosophy , philosophers with varying backgrounds and interests explore different aspects of this popular “erotic thriller” TV show, with its enthusiastic cult following and strong critical approval. The result is a collection of intriguing and provocative thoughts on deeper questions prompted by the creepy side of the human imagination.
OCLC Number:
on1019909124
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