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.