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Terror Translated into Comedy: The Popular Music Metamorphosis of Film and Television Horror, 1956–1991 1

1997; Bowling Green State University; Volume: 20; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1542-734x.1997.t01-1-00031.x

2162-5735

B. Lee Cooper,

Gothic Literature and Media Analysis

Journal of American CultureVolume 20, Issue 3 p. 31-42 Terror Translated into Comedy: The Popular Music Metamorphosis of Film and Television Horror, 1956–19911 B. Lee Cooper, B. Lee Cooper Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Great Falls in Montana. He is the author of Rock Music in American Popular Culture II (Haworth P, 1997).Search for more papers by this author B. Lee Cooper, B. Lee Cooper Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Great Falls in Montana. 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