The witches and ghouls of New England; vampires and zombies in the bible belt; atomic monsters of the desert west; and satanic cults in California: this is a book about the American Gothic, the horrors haunting the vast landscapes of the United States and populating its movies and literature. Why do we continue to summon such creatures? Why do we give thenm such grotesque shapes and imbue them with taboo desires? Moreover, why do we sometimes desire them?
Part cultural history and part travelogue, Haunted States traces the American Gothic's roots in its natural and manmade environments and the nation's dark history of colonialism, slavery, violence and oppression – past sins that continue to haunt the national consciousness to this day.
Size: 196 x 131mm (paperback)
Pages: 352
Publisher: Repeater