Queer for Fear

Horror Film and the Queer Spectator

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by Heather O. Petrocelli

Type: Studies
Subject: Genre > Horror
Keywords: horror, sociology, queer
Publishing date: 2024
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Collection: Horror Studies
Language: English

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Hardcover • 288 pages
5 ¼ x 8 ½ inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-83772-051-4

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Book Presentation:
A new analysis of the connection between the horror genre and the queer community.

Queer for Fear is the groundbreaking empirical study of the LGBTQ+ community that not only documents the opinions, habits, and tastes of the horror-loving queer spectator but also evidences how and why queers have a distinctive relationship to the horror genre. This interdisciplinary book makes impactful contributions to the fields of queer, film, horror, trauma, camp, and live cinema studies.

Press Reviews:
"Queer for Fear is the first major empirical study of queer horror spectators, their diversity and lived experiences. It offers a new understanding of camp, queer community, queer trauma, queer live cinema, the importance of drag and camp laughter. Queer for Fear is an original, intelligent and thought-provoking study of the complex relationship between queerness, horror and the cinema. A must-have book for queer lovers of horror –– and everyone else!"
Barbara Creed, author of Return of the Monstrous-Feminine: Feminist New Wave Cinema

"Queer for Fear is a rigorous, field-changing deep dive into queer horror spectators and their relationship with the 'queerest genre'. Beginning with the bold claim that 'horror is queer', Petrocelli crafts a convincing and thoroughly researched argument that leaves no stone unturned. This large-scale empirical study breaks open the field of horror studies as Petrocelli expansively connects the experiences of queer spectators to horror through queer identity, camp, live performance, and more."
Laura Westengard, author of Gothic Queer Culture: Marginalized Communities and the Ghosts of Insidious Trauma

Contents:
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter 1
Horror is Queer: Theoretical and Ontological Foundations
Chapter 2
A Note on Statistics
Portrait of a Queer Horror Fan: The Opinions, Habits and Tastes of the Queer Spectator
Chapter 3
Trauma and Camp: Queer Connections to Horror
Chapter 4
Drag Me to Hell: Queer Performance and Live Cinema
Conclusion
Appendix
Oral History Bibliography
Works Cited