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Queer Screams: A History of LGBTQ+ Survival Through the Lens of American Horror Cinema - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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The horror genre mirrors the American queer experience, both positively and negatively, overtly and subtextually, from the lumbering, flower-picking monster of Frankenstein (1931) to the fearless intersectional protagonist of the Fear Street Trilogy (2021). This is a historical look at the queer experiences of the horror genre's characters, performers, authors and filmmakers.

Offering a fresh look at the horror genre's queer roots, this book documents how diverse stories have provided an outlet for queer people—including transgender and non-binary people—to find catharsis and reclamation. Freaks, dolls, serial killers, telekinetic teenagers and Final Girls all have something to contribute to the historical examination of the American LGBTQ+ experience. Ranging from psychiatry to homophobic fear of HIV/AIDS spread and, most recently, the alienation and self-determination of queer America in the Trump era, this is a look into how terror may repair a shattered queer heart.

ISBN-13: 9781476687421

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: McFarland & Company - Incorporated Publishers

Publication Date: 08-31-2022

Pages: 237

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Abigail Waldron is a queer historian and horror film scholar whose work can be seen on horror sites such as Horror Press, Gayly Dreadful, and Rue Morgue. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Preface 1

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 The Queens of Hollywood: Queer Roots, Censorship, and the Lavender Menace (the 1930s-1940s) 21

Chapter 2 Psychos, Aliens, and Ghosts: Mass Conformity, Gay Liberation, and the Underground Response (the 1950s-1970s) 44

Chapter 3 Villainization: AIDS and Casual Homophobia (the 1980s) 65

Chapter 4 Manifesting Monstrous Bodies: The Use of the Transgender, Intersex, and/or Non-Binary Body as Horror (1932-2001) 95

Chapter 5 Exposure: Queers and the Millennium (1990-2009) 119

Chapter 6 Queer Resistance: Representation and Trump's America (2010-2021) 151

Chapter 7 Catharsis as Revenge 171

For Your Viewing Pleasure 185

Chapter Notes 191

Bibliography 205

Index 225