American Nightmares

  • American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World
    By Joel Best

    Richard V. Reeves, whose definition of a “perfectly mobile society” was quoted in the previous paragraph, concedes that “many of the mechanisms leading to the inheritance of status are legitimate, even laudable, such as committed and ...

  • American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction
    By Dale Bailey

    Dale Bailey traces the haunted house tale from its origins in English gothic fiction to the paperback potboilers of the present, highlighting the unique significance of the house in the domestic, economic, and social ideologies of our ...

  • American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World
    By Joel Best

    Youth, Popular Culture and Moral Panics: Penny Gaffs to Gangsta-Rap, 1830–1996. New York: St. Martin's. ... Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency. New York: Routledge. Stewart, Julie.

  • American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World
    By Joel Best

    ... Earthquake Fears, Predictions, and Preparations in MidAmerica. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Farley, Melissa, and Victor Malarek. 2008. “The Myth of Victimless Crime.” New York Times, March 12. Fendrick, Sabrina. 2014 ...

  • American Nightmares
    By Stephen King, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

    American Nightmares