{"product_id":"american-twilight-the-cinema-of-tobe-hooper-9781477329467","title":"American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA master of gritty horror, Tobe Hooper captured on-screen an America in constant crisis and upended myths of prosperity to reveal the country's internal decay.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tobe Hooper's productions, which often trespassed upon the safety of the family unit, cast a critical eye toward an America in crisis. Often dismissed by scholars and critics as a one-hit wonder thanks to his 1974 horror classic \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre, \u003c\/i\u003e Hooper nevertheless was instrumental in the development of a robust and deeply political horror genre from the 1960s until his death in 2017. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors assert that the director was an auteur whose works featured complex monsters and disrupted America's sacrosanct perceptions of prosperity and domestic security. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the skepticism toward American institutions and media and the articulation of uncanny spaces so integral to Hooper's vast array of feature and documentary films, made-for-television movies, television episodes, and music videos. From \u003ci\u003eEgg Shells\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) to \u003ci\u003ePoltergeist\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eDjinn\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and even Billy Idol's music video for \"Dancing with Myself\" (1985), Tobe Hooper provided a singular directorial vision that investigated masculine anxiety and subverted the idea of American exceptionalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristopher Woofter is a faculty member in the English department at Dawson College, Montreal. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eShirley Jackson: A Companion\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRecovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Dodson is the Ashby and Strong Residential College Coordinator and an adjunct assistant professor of media studies at UNC Greensboro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50401659912466,"sku":"9781477329467","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3e1e0e6-c19f-4e29-8621-4e7dd8ed6fd2.jpg?v=1729142422","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-twilight-the-cinema-of-tobe-hooper-9781477329467","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}