Abstract
Scrutinizing narrative and aesthetic considerations, the chapter interrogates AHS in terms of genre boundaries and quotation, using Linda Williams arguments surrounding bodies and excess.
Using specific thematic, visual and narrative examples from episodes, the chapter argues for the programme as a melding of melodrama and horror as an explicitly intertextual practice, as part of the creators practice and as part of the fluid nature of texts dealing with horrific content on television.
Using specific thematic, visual and narrative examples from episodes, the chapter argues for the programme as a melding of melodrama and horror as an explicitly intertextual practice, as part of the creators practice and as part of the fluid nature of texts dealing with horrific content on television.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reading American Horror Story |
| Subtitle of host publication | Essays on the television franchise |
| Editors | Rebecca Janicker |
| Place of Publication | Jefferson |
| Publisher | McFarland |
| Pages | 163-181 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4766-6352-4, 978-1-4766-2892-9 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- Genre
- American Horror Story
- Horror