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The Professor Podcast in the Library with a Microphone Season 3: Shannon Scott

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Shannon Scott

This week, Shannon Scott explores how horror movies serve as both thrilling entertainment and a way to release pent-up individual fears and emotions. She also examines how the genre can be used to address complex societal issues.

Additionally, Dr. Scott draws connections between modern horror films and the folk tales and fairy tales of centuries past.

Read more about and by Shannon Scott on her website

Terrifying transformations : an anthology of Victorian werewolf fiction, 1838-1896

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Find films mentioned in the episode at the UST Libraries