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The Highway Horror Film (Palgrave Pivot) by Bernice M. Murphy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Highway Horror Film (Palgrave Pivot) about?
The Highway Horror Film Argues That 'highway Horror' Is A Hither-to Overlooked Sub-genre Of The American Horror Movie That Articulates Profound Unease About The Increasingly Transitory Nature Of Modern American Life, As Well As The Wider Impact Of Mass Automobility. Along With The Establishment Of The Suburbs, The Post-1956 Construction Of The Interstate Highway System Represents One Of The Most Dramatic Innovations Of Post-war American Society. The New Network Of Well-maintained And Well-constructed Roads Provided Americans With A Freedom To Move Around The Entire Nation That Had Previously Been Denied To Them. In Addition, The Car Assumed The Vitally Important Practical And Symbolic Function It Holds To This Day. Both Of These Innovations Are Questioned In This Landmark Study. In Highway Horror Films, The American Landscape Is By Its Very Accessibility Rendered Terrifyingly Hostile, And Encounters With Other Travellers (and With Those Whose Roadside Businesses Depend On Highway Traffic) Almost Always Have Sinister Outcomes. Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Bumps In The Road: Defining Highway Horror -- 1. 'i Almost Drove Right Past': Motels And Highway Horror -- 2. 'that Truck Dr
Who reads The Highway Horror Film (Palgrave Pivot)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bernice M. Murphy
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781137391216
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Performing Arts, Horror