House of Horrors

Familial Intimacies in Contemporary American Horror Fiction

Agnieszka Kotwasinska

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University of Wales Press
30 November 2023

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: Horror Studies

This is a study of tumultuous transformations of kinship and intimate relationships in American horror fiction over the last three decades. Twelve contemporary novels (by ten women writers and two whose work has been identified as women's fiction) are grouped into four main thematic clusters

haunted houses; monsters; vampires; and hauntings

but it is social scripts and concerns linked directly to intimacy and family life that structure the entire volume. By drawing attention to how the most intimate of all social relationships

the family

supports and replicates social hierarchies, exclusions, and struggles for dominance, the book problematises the source of horror. The consideration of horror narratives through the lens of familial intimacies makes it possible to rethink genre boundaries, to question the efficacy of certain genre tropes, and to consider the contribution of such diverse authors as Kathe Koja, Tananarive Due, Gwendolyn Kiste, Elizabeth Engstrom, Sara Gran and Caitln R. Kiernan.

By: Agnieszka Kotwasinska
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781837720125
ISBN 10: 1837720126
Series: Horror Studies
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Acknowledgments Introduction Defining Horror Horror and the Gothic Women Writers in Horror Fiction and Horror Studies Defining Intimacy Overview of Chapters Chapter 1. Uncanny in the House of Fear Introduction Uncanny Houses Void Dreams in Dead in the Water Unhomely Funhole in The Cipher The Queer (Uncanny) Desire in Drawing Blood Conclusions Chapter 2. Grotesque Monsters and Hybrid Subjectivities Introduction Grotesque Bodies Hybrid Lesbian Bodies in The Drowning Girl Male Grotesque in Sineater Monstrous Girlhood in The Rust Maidens Conclusion Chapter 3. Blood(y) Ties in Vampire Fictions Introduction Towards Abjection Gilda’s Sensual Vampires Escaping the ‘Little Wife’ in Black Ambrosia Prodigal Children (Not) Coming Home Conclusion Chapter 4. Spectral Kinship and Ghostly Selves Introduction The Ghostly Other in Horror Fiction Dangerous Dis/possessions in Come Closer The ‘Wandering Subject’ in The Between Familial Disintegration in Within These Walls Conclusion Afterword BIBLIOGRAPHY

This book is predominantly aimed at academics, including from undergraduate level who are studying horror fiction, particularly American horror fiction.

Reviews for House of Horrors: Familial Intimacies in Contemporary American Horror Fiction

"""Theoretically savvy and demonstrating an impressive command of Gothic Horror, Kotwasińska's analysis of kinship, intimacy, and corporeality in women's horror makes clear how ideas of family often act as sources of dread rather than comfort in the work of Kathe Koja, Poppy Z. Brite, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tananarive Due and others. This is an essential contribution to the study of modern horror.""-- ""Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan University"""