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BL
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625652
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Smith, Angela M
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| Title & Author
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Hideous progeny : : disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema /\ Angela M. Smith
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©2011
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| Series Statement
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Film and culture
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xii, 336 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780231157162 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0231157169 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780231157179 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0231157177 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780231527859 (ebook)
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: 0231527853 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
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| Contents
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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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Horror films-- History and criticism
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People with disabilities in motion pictures
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Grotesque in motion pictures
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Eugenics in motion pictures
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.H6S585 2011
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PN1995.9.H6S585 2011
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