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Haunted Housing Market

Imaginary Worlds

CHAPTER

Haunted Homes and the American Dream

Exploring the contradiction between haunted homes in popular culture and the American dream of home ownership, this chapter discusses the economic desperation that leads people to buy houses they can't afford and become trapped. It critiques the portrayal of houses in the haunted house genre, including the racist trope of Indian burial grounds, and highlights the lack of diversity in movies featuring haunted houses in the suburbs.

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