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As
American as Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie
Constructing Community in Contemporary
American Horror Fiction
Linda J. Holland-Toll
Popular Press
This book does nothing less than redefine the very genre of horror
fiction, calling into question the usual conventions, motifs,
and elements. Unlike many critics of this genre, Linda Holland-Toll
sees disaffirmative horror fiction acting neither to soothe
fears nor reduce them to the vicarious "thrills 'n' chills"
mode, but as intensifying the fears inherent in everyday life.
Linda J. Holland-Toll holds a Ph.D. in English literature
from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a concentration on
Genre Studies and Contemporary American Literature. She presently
teaches American Literature and Genre Studies at Newbury College,
Newbury, South Carolina. She lives with two dogs, a ferret and
a rat on a sleepy street in small town America. She is a member
of the Popular Culture Assocation and the International Association
for the Fantastic in the Arts.
For more information regarding publicity
and reviews contact our publicity manager, Chris Caldwell, phone: (608) 263-0734,
email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu
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Fall 2005
LC: 2001037998 PS
306 pp. 6 x 9
ISBN-10:
0-87972-851-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-851-9
Cloth $59.95 t
ISBN-10: 0-87972-852-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-852-6
Paper $24.95 t
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