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Jordan Peele's Get out : political horror /

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Essays explore Get Out's cultural roots, including Shakespeare's Othello, the female gothic, Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives and the zombie, rural, suburban and body-swap subgenres of the modern horror film. Essays make connections with Nat Turner, W. E. B. Du Boi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Keetley, Dawn, 1965- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2020].
Series:New suns: race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative.
Subjects:
Peele, Jordan, > 1979- > Criticism and interpretation.
Get out (Motion picture : 2017)
Horror films > History and criticism.
Racism in motion pictures.
United States > Race relations > 21st century.
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Summary:Essays explore Get Out's cultural roots, including Shakespeare's Othello, the female gothic, Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives and the zombie, rural, suburban and body-swap subgenres of the modern horror film. Essays make connections with Nat Turner, W. E. B. Du Bois and James Baldwin.
Physical Description:vi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814214275
0814214274
9780814255803
0814255809