Since the 1960s, the occult in film and television has responded to
and reflected society's crises surrounding gender and sexuality. In
Desire After Dark, Andrew J. Owens explores media where figures
such as vampires and witches make use of their supernatural
knowledge in order to queer what otherwise appears to be a
normative world. Beginning with the global sexual revolutions of
the '60s and moving decade by decade through "Euro-sleaze" cinema
and theatrical hardcore pornography, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the
popularity of New Age religions and witchcraft, and finally the
increasingly explicit sexualization of American cable television,
Owens contends that occult media has risen to prominence during the
past 60 years as a way of exposing and working through cultural
crises about queerness. Through the use of historiography and
textual analyses of media from Bewitched to The Hunger, Owens
reveals that the various players in occult media have always been
well aware that non-normative sexuality constitutes the heart of
horror's enduring appeal. By investigating vampirism, witchcraft,
and other manifestations of the supernatural in media, Desire After
Dark confirms how the queer has been integral to the evolution of
the horror genre and its persistent popularity as both a
subcultural and mainstream media form.
General
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2021 |
Authors: |
Andrew J Owens
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-05380-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-253-05380-3 |
Barcode: |
9780253053800 |
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