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It came from the closet : queer reflections on horror / edited by Joe Vallese ; interior illustrations by Bishakh Som.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First Feminist Press editionDescription: 298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Queer people
  • LGBTQ+ people
ISBN:
  • 1952177790
  • 9781952177798
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction / Joe Vallese -- Part I: An excellent day for an exorcism -- A Demon-Girl's guide to life / S. Trimble -- Both ways / Carmen Maria Machado -- My hand on the glass / Bruce Owens Grimm -- The girl, the well, the ring / Zefyr Lisowski -- Imprint / Joe Vallese -- Part II: Monster mash -- Indescribable / Carrow Narby -- A working definition of monstrous / Ryan Dzelzkalns -- The wolf in the room / Prince Shakur -- Three men on a boat / Jen Corrigan -- The wolf man's daughter / Tosha R. Taylor -- Part III: Fatal attractions -- Twin/skin / Addie Tsai -- Loving Annie Hayworth / Laura Maw -- The same kind of monster / Jonathan Robbins Leon -- Centered and seen / Sumiko Saulson -- Blood, actually / Grant Sutton -- Part IV: Whatever you do, don't fall asleep -- The trail of his flames / Tucker Lieberman -- The me in the screen / Steffan Triplett -- Sight unseen / Spencer Williams -- Bad hombre / Sarah Fonseca -- Black body snatchers / Samuel Autman -- Part V: Final cuts -- Long nights in the dark / Richard Scott Larson -- On beauty and necrosis / Sachiko Ragosta -- Good guys, dolls / Will Stockton -- The healed body / Jude Ellison S. Doyle -- Notes on Sleepaway Camp / Viet Dinh -- Artist's note / Bishakh Som -- About the contributors.
Summary: "Twenty-five narrative essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film, from Hitchcock to Halloween to Hereditary"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: LGBTQ+ History Month
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 791.4361 I88 On hold 33111011075716 1
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Through the lens of horror--from Halloween to Hereditary --queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.

Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes--such as the circumspect and resilient "final girl," body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet--spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.

It Came from the Closet features twenty-five essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer's Body , Jude Ellison S. Doyle on In My Skin , Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers , and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Twenty-five narrative essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film, from Hitchcock to Halloween to Hereditary"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction / Joe Vallese -- Part I: An excellent day for an exorcism -- A Demon-Girl's guide to life / S. Trimble -- Both ways / Carmen Maria Machado -- My hand on the glass / Bruce Owens Grimm -- The girl, the well, the ring / Zefyr Lisowski -- Imprint / Joe Vallese -- Part II: Monster mash -- Indescribable / Carrow Narby -- A working definition of monstrous / Ryan Dzelzkalns -- The wolf in the room / Prince Shakur -- Three men on a boat / Jen Corrigan -- The wolf man's daughter / Tosha R. Taylor -- Part III: Fatal attractions -- Twin/skin / Addie Tsai -- Loving Annie Hayworth / Laura Maw -- The same kind of monster / Jonathan Robbins Leon -- Centered and seen / Sumiko Saulson -- Blood, actually / Grant Sutton -- Part IV: Whatever you do, don't fall asleep -- The trail of his flames / Tucker Lieberman -- The me in the screen / Steffan Triplett -- Sight unseen / Spencer Williams -- Bad hombre / Sarah Fonseca -- Black body snatchers / Samuel Autman -- Part V: Final cuts -- Long nights in the dark / Richard Scott Larson -- On beauty and necrosis / Sachiko Ragosta -- Good guys, dolls / Will Stockton -- The healed body / Jude Ellison S. Doyle -- Notes on Sleepaway Camp / Viet Dinh -- Artist's note / Bishakh Som -- About the contributors.

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