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Summary: -- IU Press is becoming well-known for our titles on gender and media and this is a strong contribution to this growing area of our lists. -- An accessibly written and carefully researched project by an up-and-coming scholar that demonstrates how vampirism, witchcraft, and other manifestations of magick (a term used to differentiate the occult from performance magic) in media have arisen in response to and reflected cultural crises surrounding sexuality and gender roles in the past 60 years. -- The manuscript covers media from the horror genre from the 1960s to the present, including both well-known fan favorites and more obscure but none-the-less important television shows and films. -- Owens combines close readings of various forms of media, including popular novels, television, film, and pornography, with detailed historiography to read each piece of media in its cultural context. |
