The American Southern Gothic on Screen

Cover -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- From Belles To Bayous: The Fall Of The South On Screen -- Section One: The South In The Cultural Imaginary -- 1. The South As Region: Southern History, Southern Identity, And Perceptions Of Southern Difference -- 2. From Sectionalism To Swamp People: Conceptualizations Of Southern Otherness -- 3. Ghosts Fierce And Instructive: The South As Haunted Terrain -- Section Two: Gothic Visions, Southern Stories -- 4. Crumbling Structures And Contaminated Narratives: Genre And The Gothic -- 5. Manifesting The Other Section Three: The Southern Gothic On Screen -- 6. Locating The Gothic South -- 7. Slavery, Degeneracy, Myth, And Historical Resonances: A Survey Of Southern Gothic Screen Texts. -- Section Four: Case Studies: Toys In The Attic And Searching For The Wrong-eyed Jesus -- 8. Reinterpreting Gothic Secrecy: Toys In The Attic -- 9. Finding The South In The Ethereal: Atmosphere And The Spectral In Searching For The Wrong-eyed Jesus -- Conclusion -- Fading, But Never Faded -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Television Series -- Songs -- Video Games -- Websites -- Index Karen Horsley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.