From Uncanny to Un-Haunting or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ghost

Abstract

Culturally and critically, the house is recognized as a crucial site of identity and is conceived of through a series of mythic ideals: maternal, feminine, nurturing, protective, insulating, and so on. Haunted house narratives play on these expectations, frequently.

Department: English

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Josh Toth, Dr. Lana Krys