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Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear

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Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear presents nine essays that explore why youth horror television both scared children and invited them to reshape social boundaries of the adult world. This volume argues that televised youth horror left an indelible mark on the minds and memories of current horror creators and critics, and the enduring popularity of the youth horror genre.
Kyle Brett is adjunct professor at Lafayette College. Ethan Roblesis an independent scholar.
Section One: Youth Horror and What Matters to Adults Chapter One: "And Whenever They Catch You, They Will Kill You": Martin Rosen's Watership Down (1978) as Horror Brandon R. Grafius Chapter Two: "The Sooner We're All One Big Happy Family, the Better": Children of the Stones as a Cautionary Tale Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Chapter Three:Abject Horror in Courage the Cowardly Dog Katherine Ridolfi-Lizza Section Two: Youth Horror and Imagining Differences Chapter Four: Green Men, Literate Worms, and Swamp Monsters-an Ecocritical Reading of Select Goosebumps Episodes Barbara Katharina Reschenhofer Chapter Five:Everywhere and Nowhere:Pastiche and the Uncanny in Courage the Cowardly Dog Kimberly Plaksin Chapter Six: Developing in the Dark: Confronting Fears through Supportive Storytelling in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? Michael Jacob Section Three: Youth Horror Reaches Its Adulthood Chapter Seven: "I Call This Story the Tale of . . .": The Hosts and Narrators of Children's Horror Television Merinda Staubli Chapter Eight: "We've Been Teenagers Forever": Reference and Self-Reflexivity in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Stacey Anh Baran Chapter Nine: "Don't Let Your Parents Watch It Alone!": Cautionary Tales and Family Horror in R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Filipa Antunes
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