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White With Terror: Monstrous Figurations of Whiteness in Post-Studio American Horror
White With Terror: Monstrous Figurations of Whiteness in Post-Studio American Horror
White With Terror: Monstrous Figurations of Whiteness in Post-Studio American Horror

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20250211151343
ISBN  
9798382762852
DDC  
791
저자명  
Smith, Ashley R.
서명/저자  
White With Terror: Monstrous Figurations of Whiteness in Post-Studio American Horror
발행사항  
[Sl] : Northwestern University, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
314 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Sconce, Jeffrey A.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약This dissertation explores the emergence of "whiteness" as a destabilized and monstrous identity in postwar American horror, a period in which the Production Code ended and the rise of an independent film market enabled a more critical examination of U.S. race and class tensions on screens. I contend that these industrial shifts, combined with a dissolving sense of shared national identity in 1960s America and beyond, led to an artistic and cultural climate in which it suddenly became possible to interrogate numerous prevailing societal institutions and "norms," including whiteness - the primary signifier of established "normality" in American and Western culture. Drawing on Richard Dyer's concept of making whiteness "strange" in order to renegotiate its unchecked power and privilege in the Western world, I examine the horror genre's unique suitability to the task of denaturalizing and Othering whiteness by examining cycles of horror films from the latter third of the 20th century in which white racial identity emerged as a topic of horror in conjunction with themes and comorbidities of class, regionality, and levels of visibility and invisibility that attended these demographic intersections. My research centers on three key figures that proliferated as recurrent embodiments of monstrous whiteness in the horror cinema of the time: the impoverished, urbanite-resenting "hillbilly," the "proletariat" serial killer disguised by his superficial averageness, and the privileged and predatory "yuppie." By investigating these three figures and their explicit linkage to whiteness through a constellation of racial, class-based, and regional factors, I analyze how and when certain U.S. horror texts were willing to engage with whiteness as a threatening, predatory, and monstrous identity, whose fears concerning whiteness these artistic inquiries spoke to, and what relevance these works have to ongoing discussions concerning whiteness' heightened visibility and continued, threatening supremacy in American culture. 
일반주제명  
Film studies
일반주제명  
History
일반주제명  
Theater
일반주제명  
Cinematography
키워드  
Critical race
키워드  
American horror
키워드  
Horror cinema
키워드  
Media history
키워드  
Concerning whiteness
기타저자  
Northwestern University Screen Cultures
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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■520    ▼aThis  dissertation  explores  the  emergence  of  "whiteness"  as  a  destabilized  and  monstrous  identity  in  postwar  American  horror,  a  period  in  which  the  Production  Code  ended  and  the  rise  of  an  independent  film  market  enabled  a  more  critical  examination  of  U.S.  race  and  class  tensions  on  screens.  I  contend  that  these  industrial  shifts,  combined  with  a  dissolving  sense  of  shared  national  identity  in  1960s  America  and  beyond,  led  to  an  artistic  and  cultural  climate  in  which  it  suddenly  became  possible  to  interrogate  numerous  prevailing  societal  institutions  and  "norms,"  including  whiteness  -  the  primary  signifier  of  established  "normality"  in  American  and  Western  culture.  Drawing  on  Richard  Dyer's  concept  of  making  whiteness  "strange"  in  order  to  renegotiate  its  unchecked  power  and  privilege  in  the  Western  world,  I  examine  the  horror  genre's  unique  suitability  to  the  task  of  denaturalizing  and  Othering  whiteness  by  examining  cycles  of  horror  films  from  the  latter  third  of  the  20th  century  in  which  white  racial  identity  emerged  as  a  topic  of  horror  in  conjunction  with  themes  and  comorbidities  of  class,  regionality,  and  levels  of  visibility  and  invisibility  that  attended  these  demographic  intersections. My  research  centers  on  three  key  figures  that  proliferated  as  recurrent  embodiments  of  monstrous  whiteness  in  the  horror  cinema  of  the  time:  the  impoverished,  urbanite-resenting  "hillbilly,"  the  "proletariat"  serial  killer  disguised  by  his  superficial  averageness,  and  the  privileged  and  predatory  "yuppie."  By  investigating  these  three  figures  and  their  explicit  linkage  to  whiteness  through  a  constellation  of  racial,  class-based,  and  regional  factors,  I  analyze  how  and  when  certain  U.S.  horror  texts  were  willing  to  engage  with  whiteness  as  a  threatening,  predatory,  and  monstrous  identity,  whose  fears  concerning  whiteness  these  artistic  inquiries  spoke  to,  and  what  relevance  these  works  have  to  ongoing  discussions  concerning  whiteness'  heightened  visibility  and  continued,  threatening  supremacy  in  American  culture. 
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