Queer Slashers Andy Buck Numerous applications are included

Numerous applications are included

This genre has no known ancient parallel outside the ancient Near East

Created by SHAPE America-Society of Health and Physical Educators

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Queer Slashers Andy Buck Numerous applications are includedFrom Norman Bates dressed as "Mother" in Psycho to the rouged cheeks of Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, many slasher icons have borne traces of queer and gender nonconforming behavior since the subgenre's very beginning. Queer Slashers presents the first book length study of how and why the slasher subgenre of horror films appeals to queer audiences. In it, Peter Marra constructs a reparative history of the slasher that affirms its queer