Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture

Description:

"From the beginning of the post-war era, suburbia has frequently served as a setting for narratives of fear, repression and horror. Why has this been the case? And what actually is the Suburban Gothic? Beginning with a discussion of Shirley Jackson's novel The Road Through the Wall (1948) and ending with Desperate Housewives (2004-), this book discusses representative texts from each decade up to the present day. Each chapter provides a contextualising examination of the era and the cultural and historical contexts of its setting, thus providing a unique insight into the changing face of the suburbs and, by extension, of American society." --Book Jacket.

subjects: Gothic revival (Literature),  American Horror tales,  Suburbs in literature,  Horror television programs,  Popular culture,  History and criticism,  Horror in mass media,  Suburbs in mass media,  Horror films,  Horror in literature,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century

Places: United States