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The World Through FictionAuthor: Raven
The World Through Fiction discusses how movies, novels, and TV shows shape and are shaped by society, working to develop critical thinking skills through political science based analysis of pop culture. The first season covers portrayals of colonization in popular fiction. Twitter: @raven_siegfried Tumblr: @theworldthroughfiction Language: en Genres: Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Backwoods Horror
Episode 10
Sunday, 30 March, 2025
This episode explores the fear of rural people and the still existing periphery in America through three of the more well known backwoods horror movies: Jeepers Creepers, Deliverance, and The Texas Chainsaw MassacreIf you would like to help some rural folks resist development you can learn more at:Dunnellon, Untold Stories of a Two River CitySources:Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses).” University of Minnesota Press.Kristeva, Julia. Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. Columbia University Press. 1982.Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America. 1992.The Cannibal Pig People of Pig Hill by American Hysteria