Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250). Filmography (p. 245-246).
Contents:
Introduction: Excerpts from Killing monsters / Gerard Jones. Monster culture (seven theses) / Jeffrey Jerome Cohen -- Excerpts from Frankenstein / Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein: a femisnist critique of science / Anne K. Mellor -- George Romero's Zombie films: a plague of meaning / L. Andrew Cooper and Brandy Ball Blake -- Excerpts from World War Z / Max Brooks -- Excerpts form The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Strange transformations: John Landis's An American werewolf in London / L. Andrew Cooper and Brandy Ball Blake -- The company of wolves / Angela Carter -- Excerpts from Dracula / Bram Stoker -- Parasites and perverts: an introduction to gothic monstrosity / Judith Halberstam -- Excerpt from Gothic realities: the impact of horror fiction on modern culture / L. Andrew Cooper -- Civilized vampires versus savage werewolves: race and ethnicity in the Twilight series / Natalie Wilson -- The horrors of race and American history: Candyman / L. Andrew Cooper and Brandy Ball Blake -- Excerpts from The uncanny (1919) / Sigmund Freud -- Evil dolls: the child's play and puppet master series / L. Andrew Cooper and Brandy Ball Blake -- Serial killers: from Jack the Ripper to Aileen Wuornos / L. Andrew Cooper and Brandy Ball Blake -- Movie psychos and slashers: from Norman Bates to Freddy Krueger / L. Andrew Cooper and Brandy Ball Blake -- Excerpts from Killing monsters / Gerard Jones.
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