HALLOWEEN'S HERALD OF DEMOCRACY: Allan Gurganus and the Horror Show of American Politics

[...]I began teaching lessons and making the content of the haunted house have some redeeming social value instead ofjust being scary." Gurganus didn't have to dream up an overarching theme for the 2012 festivities: "The election is horror show enough!" Because my work in graduat...

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Published in:North Carolina literary review 2014-01 (23), p.140-149
Main Author: Vernon, Zackary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American history
Cheever, John (1912-1982)
Graduate studies
Gurganus, Allan
Gurganus, Allan (1947- )
Obama, Barack
Pageants
Politics
Presidential elections
Romney, W Mitt
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Summary:[...]I began teaching lessons and making the content of the haunted house have some redeeming social value instead ofjust being scary." Gurganus didn't have to dream up an overarching theme for the 2012 festivities: "The election is horror show enough!" Because my work in graduate school at the University of North Carolina has focused on Southern literature and culture, I've long been fascinated by Gurganus and his Halloween pageant. The 2012 Halloween pageant was particularly important both because it was the pageant's twentieth anniversary and because it occurred just a week before the presidential election. A week before Halloween, I asked Gurganus a series of very specific questions about my costume and my role.
ISSN:1063-0724
2165-1809