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Mid-Atlantic Popular &
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Perceptions of The Body

Horror and Paranormal Studies; Disability Studies / Panel / Session 2G13

Friday, November 4, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Mambo 1)

This is a joint session sponsored by Horror and Disability Studies.

Presentations

The Devastating Death of Meep (and Other Changes): Differing Reception & Characterization in American Horror Story’s “Freak Show” & Browning’s Freaks

Stephanie Flint
The Materiality of the Body in American Horror Story: “Coven”

Rebecca Stone Gordon (American University)
Freaks 2.0: The Construction of Disability in Zika Virus Discourse

Kaitlyn Wauthier

Session chair

Meredith Guthrie (University of Pittsburgh)