Haunted Seasons

Television Ghost Stories for Christmas and Horror for Halloween

Derek Johnston (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-29894-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores the literary and cultural history behind certain Christmas and Halloween traditions, and examines the way that they have moved into broadcasting. It demonstrates how these horror traditions have become more domestic and personal, and how they provide a necessary seasonal pause for reflection on our fears.

Derek Johnston is Lecturer in Broadcast Literacy at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. His research focuses on British broadcasting history and on the history of genres such as science fiction and horror, particularly where the two combine.

Introduction: Defining Television Gothic
1. The British Ghost Story at Christmas
2. A Broadcast Tradition
3. Irruptions of the Abnormal
4. Seasonality, Nostalgia, Heritage and History
5. The Ghost Story for Christmas and 'Treehouse of Horror'

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.8.2015
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Gothic
Zusatzinfo	VI, 192 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-137-29894-4 / 1137298944
ISBN-13	978-1-137-29894-2 / 9781137298942
Zustand	Neuware