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Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear

By: Kyle Brett (Editor), Ethan Robles (Editor), Filipa Antunes (Contribution by), Stacey Anh Baran (Contribution by), Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns (Contribution by)

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Hardcover | 15 September 2024

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174 Pages

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Focusing on programs from the 1970s to the early 2000s, Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear explores televised youth horror as a distinctive genre that affords children productive experiences of fear. Led by intrepid teenage investigators and storytellers, programs such as The Adventures of Scooby-Doo and Are You Afraid of the Dark show how young people can effectively confront the terrifying, alienating, and disruptive aspects of human existence. Brett and Robles reveal how televised horror encourages young viewers to interrogate--and often reimagine -- constructs of normativity. Approaching the home as a particularly dynamic viewing space for young audiences, this volume attests to the power of televised horror as a domain that enables children to explore larger questions about justice, human identity, and the preconceptions of the adult world.

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Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear elevates the unmediated yet communal experience of watching TV to a source of both joyful reminisce and satisfying critical intervention. It recognizes "televised youth horror" as spawning horror-loving adults, providing them with a feared and fearful access to the powers of narrative from a young age. This is a neglected area of contemporary horror's origin story.

--Laura R. Kremmel, Niagara University

Reader, beware! The kids who grew up sitting too close to the television or peeking through their fingers to watch Goosebumps and Watership Down have grown up, and they are here to mine their childhood nightmares to frighteningly satisfying ends. Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear unites the most exciting new and established voices in the field to give long overdue attention to this fascinating area of study.

--Catherine Lester, University of Birmingham

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