Contemporary trouble in America: ‛Us’, Jordan Peele, 2019

After a tentative definition of what characterizes elevated horror, the paper examines the different layers of meaning and web of references in Jordan Peele’s Us to try to determine an agenda prolongating and deepening issues already present in his previous Get Out (2017).

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Éditions et presses universitaires de Reims
Published
2024-11-10
DOI
https://doi.org/10.34929/imaginaires.vi27.70
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Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
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Contemporary trouble in America: ‛Us’, Jordan Peele, 2019

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Contemporary trouble in America: ‛Us’, Jordan Peele, 2019

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Abstract

After a tentative definition of what characterizes elevated horror, the paper examines the different layers of meaning and web of references in Jordan Peele’s Us to try to determine an agenda prolongating and deepening issues already present in his previous Get Out (2017).

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