Inbred Horror: Degeneracy, Revulsion, and Fear of the Rural Community
Document Type
Book Chapter - Merrimack Access Only
Editor
Gregory M. Fulkerson
Alexander R. Thomas
Publication Title
Studies in Urbanormativity: Rural Community in Urban Society
Publisher
Lexington Books
Publication Date
2014
Publisher location
Lanham, MD
Abstract/ Summary
Explores the notion of the inbred community as rural, close-knit, insular places, and their depictions in popular culture as deviant and even horrific.
Repository Citation
Hayden, K.
(2014). Inbred Horror: Degeneracy, Revulsion, and Fear of the Rural Community. Studies in Urbanormativity: Rural Community in Urban Society, 181-206.
Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/crm_facpub/14