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Title It came from the closet : queer reflections on horror / edited by Joe Vallese ; interior illustrations by Bishakh Som.

Publication Info. New York, NY : The Feminist Press, at the City University of New York, 2022.

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  791.43 VALLESE    DUE 04-08-24
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Edition First Feminist Press edition.
Description 298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Queer people homoit
LGBTQ+ people homoit
Queer authors homoit
LGBTQ+ authors homoit
Transgender authors homoit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "Twenty-five narrative essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film, from Hitchcock to Halloween to Hereditary"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction / Joe Vallese -- Part I: An excellent day for an exorcism -- A Demon-Girl's guide to life / S. Trimble [The Exorcist] -- Both ways / Carmen Maria Machado [Jennifer's Body] -- My hand on the glass / Bruce Owens Grimm [Hereditary] -- The girl, the well, the ring / Zefyr Lisowski [The Ring; Pet Sematary] -- Imprint / Joe Vallese [Grace] -- Part II: Monster mash -- Indescribable / Carrow Narby [The Blob; Society] -- A working definition of monstrous / Ryan Dzelzkalns [Godzilla] -- The wolf in the room / Prince Shakur [Good Manners/As boas manieras] -- Three men on a boat / Jen Corrigan [Jaws] -- The wolf man's daughter / Tosha R. Taylor [The Wolf Man] -- Part III: Fatal attractions -- Twin/skin / Addie Tsai [Dead Ringers] -- Loving Annie Hayworth / Laura Maw [The Birds] -- The same kind of monster / Jonathan Robbins Leon [The Leech Woman] -- Centered and seen / Sumiko Saulson [Candyman] -- Blood, actually / Grant Sutton [Friday the 13th, Part II] -- Part IV: Whatever you do, don't fall asleep -- The trail of his flames / Tucker Lieberman [A Nightmare on Elm Street] -- The me in the screen / Steffan Triplett [Us] -- Sight unseen / Spencer Williams [The Blair Witch Project] -- Bad hombre / Sarah Fonseca [Is That You?/¿Eres tú, papá?] -- Black body snatchers / Samuel Autman [Get Out] -- Part V: Final cuts -- Long nights in the dark / Richard Scott Larson [Halloween] -- On beauty and necrosis / Sachiko Ragosta [Eyes Without a Face] -- Good guys, dolls / Will Stockton [Child's Play] -- The healed body / Jude Ellison S. Doyle [In My Skin/Dans ma peau] -- Notes on Sleepaway Camp / Viet Dinh [Sleepaway Camp] -- Artist's note / Bishakh Som -- About the contributors.
Subject Horror films -- History and criticism.
Queer theory.
Horror films. (OCoLC)fst00960370
Queer theory. (OCoLC)fst01739572
Queer people.
LGBTQ+ people.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
Film criticism. (OCoLC)fst02025859
Queer literature.
LGBTQ+ literature.
Essays.
Film criticism.
Added Author Vallese, Joe, editor.
Trimble, S. (Sarah), contributor.
Machado, Carmen Maria, contributor.
Grimm, Bruce Owens, contributor.
Lisowski, Zefyr, contributor.
Narby, Carrow, contributor.
Dzelzkalns, Ryan, contributor.
Shakur, Prince, 1994- contributor.
Corrigan, Jen, contributor.
Taylor, Tosha R., contributor.
Tsai, Addie, 1979- contributor.
Maw, Laura, contributor.
Leon, Jonathan Robbins, contributor.
Saulson, Sumiko, contributor.
Sutton, Grant, contributor.
Lieberman, Tucker, contributor.
Triplett, Steffan, contributor.
Williams, Spencer, contributor.
Fonseca, Sarah, contributor.
Autman, Samuel, contributor.
Larson, Richard Scott, contributor.
Ragosta, Sachiko, contributor.
Stockton, Will, contributor.
Doyle, Jude Ellison S., contributor.
Dinh, Viet, 1974- contributor.
Som, Bishakh, 1968- illustrator.
Other Form: Online version: It came from the closet First Feminist Press edition. New York : Feminist Press, 2022 9781952177682 (DLC) 2022022478
ISBN 9781952177798 (paperback)
1952177790 (paperback)
9781952177682 (ebook)
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