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No. 8 Return of the Uncanny (1997)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction: The Return of the Uncanny, pp 315-593
    Michael Arnzen
  • Uncanny Theater: The Twin Inheritances of the Movies, pp 321-347
    William Paul
  • I Think Sebastian, Therefore I … Somersault Film and the Uncanny, pp 348-366
    Lesley Stern
  • The Uncanny Film Image of the Obsessive Avenger, pp 367-378
    Martin Norden
  • Uncanny Performances in Colonial Narratives: Josephine Baker in Princess Tam Tam, pp 379-394
  • Double Reading/Reading Double: Psychoanalytic Poetics at Work. pp 395-406
    Anneleen Maschelein
  • The Wet Death and the Uncanny, pp 407-416
    Isabel Pinedo
  • Uncanny Realism and the Decline of the Modern Horror Film, pp 417-428
    Stephen Schneider
  • Paradoxa Interview with Barry Grant, pp 429-437
    Michael Arnzen
  • Haunted Real Estate, pp 438-455
    Gesa Mackenthun
  • The Postmodern Uncanny; or Establishing Uncertainty, pp 456-470
    Sylvia Kelso
  • The Uncanny (M)other; Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve, pp 471-488
    Maria Aline Ferreira
  • Underwriting the Uncanny: The Role of Children’s Literature in the Economy of the Subject, pp 489-497.
    Karen Coats
  • Postmodern Fantasy, Ideology, and the Uncanny, pp 498-514
    George Aichele
  • Century of the Uncanny: The Modest Terror of Theory, pp 515-520
    James Winchell
  • Paradoxa Interview with Terry Castle, pp 521-526
    Michael Arnzen
  • The Uncanny Home: Television, Transparency and Overexposure, pp 527-538
    Scott McQuire
  • America’s Worst Nightmare… Roseanne! Pp 539-555
    Nancy Batty
  • The Uncanny Effects of Cruelty, pp 556-570
    Sheila Kunkle
  • Supermarketing the Uncanny: Anxiety at the Point-of-Sale, pp 571-593
    Michael Arnzen