Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-197) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Is there a doctor in the house?: the evolution of Van Helsing and Frankenstein as intellectual -- The transformation of Dr. Jekyll: the evolution of film and television portrayals of Stevenson's intellectual in the age of academe -- Student bodies: the school as locus of trauma in American horror films of the 1970s and 1980s -- Final exams and Greek tragedies: colleges and universities in American horror films of the 1970s and 1980s -- Survival training: summer camp as educational institution in slasher films of the 1980s -- Some concluding thoughts.
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