Nightmare on Main Street : Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic (Hardcover)

An assessment of American culture on the eve of the millennium. Once terrified by Anne Rice or Stephen King, watching Halloween or following the O.J. Simpson trial, we can rely on the comfort of our inner child, an angel, or even a crystal. In this book the author asks why people are determined to be haunted, courting the Gothic at every turn, yet at the same time, committed to escape through any new scheme for ready-made transcendence.