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OverviewYouth Horror Television and the Question of Fear presents nine essays that explore why youth horror television both scared children and invited them to reshape social boundaries of the adult world. This volume argues that televised youth horror left an indelible mark on the minds and memories of current horror creators and critics, and the enduring popularity of the youth horror genre. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kyle Brett , Ethan Robles , Filipa Antunes , Stacey Anh BaranPublisher: Lehigh University Press Imprint: Lehigh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9781611463415ISBN 10: 1611463416 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 24 September 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsSection One: Youth Horror and What Matters to Adults Chapter One: “And Whenever They Catch You, They Will Kill You”: Martin Rosen’s Watership Down (1978) as Horror Brandon R. Grafius Chapter Two: “The Sooner We’re All One Big Happy Family, the Better”: Children of the Stones as a Cautionary Tale Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Chapter Three:Abject Horror in Courage the Cowardly Dog Katherine Ridolfi-Lizza Section Two: Youth Horror and Imagining Differences Chapter Four: Green Men, Literate Worms, and Swamp Monsters—an Ecocritical Reading of Select Goosebumps Episodes Barbara Katharina Reschenhofer Chapter Five:Everywhere and Nowhere:Pastiche and the Uncanny in Courage the Cowardly Dog Kimberly Plaksin Chapter Six: Developing in the Dark: Confronting Fears through Supportive Storytelling in Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? Michael Jacob Section Three: Youth Horror Reaches Its Adulthood Chapter Seven: “I Call This Story the Tale of . . .”: The Hosts and Narrators of Children’s Horror Television Merinda Staubli Chapter Eight: “We’ve Been Teenagers Forever”: Reference and Self-Reflexivity in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Stacey Anh Baran Chapter Nine: “Don’t Let Your Parents Watch It Alone!”: Cautionary Tales and Family Horror in R. L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour Filipa AntunesReviewsYouth Horror Television and the Question of Fear elevates the unmediated yet communal experience of watching TV to a source of both joyful reminiscence and satisfying critical intervention. It recognizes how 'televised youth horror' spawns horror-loving adults, exposing them to the haunting powers of narrative from a young age. This is a neglected area of contemporary horror's origin story. --Laura R. Kremmel, Niagara University Reader, beware! The kids who grew up sitting too close to the television or peeking through their fingers to watch Goosebumps and Watership Down have grown up, and they are here to mine their childhood nightmares to frighteningly satisfying ends. Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear unites the most exciting new and established voices in the field to give long overdue attention to this fascinating area of study. --Catherine Lester, University of Birmingham "Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear elevates the unmediated yet communal experience of watching TV to a source of both joyful reminisce and satisfying critical intervention. It recognizes ""televised youth horror"" as spawning horror-loving adults, providing them with a feared and fearful access to the powers of narrative from a young age. This is a neglected area of contemporary horror's origin story. --Laura R. Kremmel, Niagara University Reader, beware! The kids who grew up sitting too close to the television or peeking through their fingers to watch Goosebumps and Watership Down have grown up, and they are here to mine their childhood nightmares to frighteningly satisfying ends. Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear unites the most exciting new and established voices in the field to give long overdue attention to this fascinating area of study. --Catherine Lester, University of Birmingham" Author InformationKyle Brett is adjunct professor at Lafayette College. Ethan Roblesis an independent scholar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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