Hideous progeny : disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema / Angela M. Smith.

  • Smith, Angela M.
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[2011], ©2011
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2011], ©2011.

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xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Contents

Introduction: disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema -- Eugenic reproduction: chimeras in Dracula and Frankenstein -- Enfreaking the classic horror genre: freaks -- Revelations and convulsions: spectacles of impairment in classic horror film -- Mad medicine: disability in the mad-doctor films -- Shock horror and death rays: disabling spectatorship -- Conclusion.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780231157162
  • 0231157169
  • 9780231157179
  • 0231157177