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Index

adolescence 3, 13, 121, 128–129

199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206,

AIDS 12, 85–87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 171

208, 209, 213, 214, 215

and cultural response 85, 86, 87,

Bettina (Kathy Bates) 118, 119

88, 89, 91, 170

Bewkes, Jeff 6

Albrecht, Chris 3, 6, 7, 8

Blue Velvet
xix, 62, 63, 69

Ambrose, Lauren 88

body

America 59, 72–74, 96

and ageing 83, 110

and the American Dream 76, 96,

corpse xvii, xix, xx, 1, 20, 23, 25,

97, 98

39, 40–41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 55,

and culture 12, 60, 71, 84, 122,

56, 60, 62, 65, 71, 74, 76, 82,

131, 187–188

113, 171, 208, 209, 211, 214,

and politics 12, 63, 82, 91,

215

187–188

and embalming xx, 37, 39, 41, 61,

and the social body 71, 74, 82, 83,

62, 63, 113, 207, 215

84

and illness 1, 11, 24, 33, 35, 36,

see also
Gothic: American Gothic

37, 38, 64, 85, 91, 93, 103,

American Beauty
xix, 9, 21, 27,

157–158, 212

72–73, 194, 195, 202, 204

Bolin, Manuel ‘Paco’ (Jacob Vargas)

American civil rights 12, 122, 170

44, 47, 80–81, 91, 171

American Civil War 60, 61

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
20, 21,

American President, The
xix, 9

128,

American Way of Death, The
14, 59,

Bush, George W. xxi, 31, 188

69, 208

Bush Administration 12

Angels in America
85–86, 92

Ari, Rabbi (Molly Parker) 25, 69

camp 51, 52, 69, 88–89, 93

Carnivale
23, 25

Bakhtin, Mikhail 24, 25

Castro Stahl, Olivier 23, 32, 100,

Ball, Alan xix, xx, 8–10, 14, 21, 22,

105, 131, 176, 177, 179, 182,

23, 27, 30, 32, 36, 61, 62, 71,

183, 184, 185

72, 76, 82, 84, 88, 89, 92, 93,

Charles, Keith 48, 65, 67, 70, 75,

101, 114, 192, 193, 194, 195,

79–80, 91, 99, 100, 103, 105,

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151, 154, 155–156, 157,

65, 70, 75, 78, 112, 160,

158–159, 161, 164, 171, 172,

165–166

173, 214

and American culture 11, 60, 61,

Charlotte Light and Dark
13, 92, 124,

64, 83

129, 135, 136–140, 141, 142,

and burial/cremation 3, 40–41, 60,

143

72, 150, 212–213, 214, 215

Chase, David 9, 10, 21

cultures of 26, 27, 39, 40, 42, 44,

Chenowith 90, 199

45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 69, 80,

Bernard 92, 137

208, 209–212

Billy 66, 69, 92, 101, 103, 129,

death care industry xx, 53, 60, 69,

130, 132, 136, 141, 142, 153,

70, 74, 75, 83–84, 89, 90, 156,

185

208, 209, 211–212, 214

Brenda 13, 30, 33, 55, 65, 66, 67,

and Kroehner 45, 48, 64, 90, 95,

68, 69, 77, 87, 92, 95, 98, 100,

155

101, 103, 104, 129, 130, 133,

Deitman, Gary (David Norona)

135–145, 153, 154

123, 124, 125, 127, 130

Margaret 92, 103, 137

Diaz, Federico (Rico) 1, 19, 20, 23,

Church, the 13, 75, 161, 162, 163,

30, 41, 42, 43, 52, 64, 65, 75, 77,

164, 165, 168, 169, 170, 172,

80, 81, 88, 90, 91, 97, 98, 103

173

Diaz, Vanessa 19, 42, 98, 103

class 3, 12, 68, 95, 96, 98

Dimas, Gabriel (Eric Balfour) 43,

Clinton, Bill xxi

65, 66, 67, 68, 76, 77, 87, 90,

comedy 5, 24, 60, 65, 77, 78

103, 112, 125, 129, 130, 131

and the unruly woman 118, 119

Dream On
6

Connor, Sarah (Patricia Clarkson)

100, 101, 131, 132

Epstein, Michael 6, 22

Corwin, Russell 13, 103, 131, 132,

ER
xix, 7, 8, 194

174, 175–176, 177, 179, 180,

181–187, 188

family and family values 3, 64,

Cybill
8, 9, 21

71–72, 82, 88, 112, 207

and melodrama 76, 77, 111

Deadwood
23

fantastic 20, 25, 26, 27

death xvii, xix, 1, 2, 4, 11, 12, 13,

Father Jack (Tim Maculan) 65, 98,

14–15, 23, 26, 41, 49, 55, 63,

162, 164, 165, 168–169, 172

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female
see
sexuality

117, 118, 119, 120, 133, 159,

subjectivity 13, 83, 118–119,

160, 214, 215

121–134

Maya 31, 32, 116, 117, 118, 120,

feminism 135

133, 159

postfeminism 12, 135

Nathaniel, ‘Nate’ 13, 14, 25, 26,

second wave 112

27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43,

Fisher (family) xx, 19, 42, 43, 44,

44, 46, 47, 52, 54–55, 56, 64,

48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 62, 64, 68,

65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 75,

71, 74, 80, 88, 90, 95, 113,

79, 80, 81, 87, 90, 92, 94, 95,

114, 115, 121, 123, 160, 200,

99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 113,

214

114, 116, 119, 123, 133, 135,

Claire xx, 13, 23, 26, 30, 31, 32,

136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 150,

43, 46, 55, 56, 65, 66, 67, 68,

151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156,

75, 76, 77, 82–83, 85, 87, 88,

157, 158, 159, 160, 202, 203,

90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100,

208, 214, 215

103, 104, 105, 112, 113, 115,

Nathaniel 12, 29, 30, 43, 44, 54,

121–134, 136–137, 160, 174,

64, 68, 71, 72, 74, 75, 83, 99,

175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181,

102, 111, 112, 114, 116, 121,

183, 184, 185, 186, 199, 201,

133, 139, 149, 150, 154, 200,

206, 214

202, 208, 215

David 13, 23, 27, 29, 33, 41, 43,

Ruth xx, 2, 13, 24, 30, 43, 46, 54,

44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 55,

65, 66, 67, 68, 75, 82–83, 87,

56, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72,

95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104,

75, 77, 79–80, 81, 87, 88, 90,

110–120, 121, 123, 130, 132,

91, 92, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 103,

133, 139, 153, 154, 160, 199,

104, 105, 111, 112, 113, 114,

200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 214

116, 117, 121, 123, 150, 151,

Foucault, Michel 51, 55, 124, 129,

152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157,

133, 169, 171, 173

158, 159, 160, 161–162,

Freud, Sigmund 12, 25, 62, 63, 64,

163–164, 165–168, 171, 172,

68, 92, 95, 112, 119, 121, 133,

173, 175, 176, 184, 187, 200,

137

201, 202, 206, 207, 214, 215

and ‘The Uncanny (1919)’ 62, 64,

Lisa (née Kimmel) 30, 44, 64, 79,

69, 70

90, 95, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104,

Fuchs, Michael 6

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funeral 15, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48,

heterosexuality 13, 93, 151, 176,

49, 51, 52, 68, 69, 72, 80, 167,

180, 181, 182, 185, 186

169, 202, 207, 209, 210, 212,

homophobia 90, 92, 165–167, 171,

211–213, 213–214

178

Fisher and Sons (Fisher and Diaz)

homosexuality 3, 13, 79–80, 81,

3, 19, 23, 44, 59, 61, 62, 64, 69,

86–87, 90, 93, 151, 155–156,

74, 76, 80, 81, 83, 90, 112, 151,

159, 163, 164, 165–167, 169,

154–155, 162, 200, 201, 207,

171, 176, 181, 182, 184, 185,

209, 215

186

funeral directors 1, 14, 61, 66–67,

207–208, 209, 210, 215

Iraq (and Iraq War) xvii, xxi, 92, 104

funeral homes 1, 60, 61, 66–67

Kahlo, Frida 20, 34

García, Rodrigo 29, 30, 32

Krause, Peter 11, 153

García Márquez, Gabriel 27, 29

Kristeva, Julia 111, 112, 113, 132

Golubic, Thomas, and Gary

Calamar 193, 199, 204

Lacan, Jacques 111, 133

Gothic 61, 62, 64, 68, 73–74, 77, 84

Larry Sanders Show, The
6

American Gothic 12, 35, 36, 38,

liminality 3, 10–11, 39–40, 44, 48,

59–70, 72, 73, 76, 77, 82

49, 110, 118, 126–127, 134

Victorian Gothic 61, 62

Loved One, The
xix, 3, 9, 59

Grace Under Fire
8, 9, 21

Lynch, Thomas 2, 11, 14–15, 46

Greenblatt Janollari Studio 9

Bodies in Motion and at Rest
14

grotesque, the 19, 20, 23, 24, 27

The Undertaking
14

Gunderson, Hiram (Ed Begley, Jr) 66,

Lyotard, Jean-François 136, 144

67, 75, 78, 104, 113, 115, 119

magic realism 11, 19, 27–32

Hall, Michael C. 153–154, 156

marriage 3, 120, 159, 178, 188