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Professor James Kincaid, Aerol Arnold Chair and Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Rebecca Griffith’s expertise has been invaluable over the twelve years this book was formulated and written, and the support of my family incalculable. Thanks to everyone at Cambria Press, especially Sharon Berger and Paul Richardson. Finally, a special thank you to Nathaniel and Amelia for your energy and fun; this book is dedicated to you and to your future in a world without fear…
Much of this work has appeared in other guises elsewhere, and I thank the editors of the following for permission to include the work here:
– Elements of this book stem from Pervasive Perversions: Paedophilia and Child Sexual Abuse in Media/Culture (London: Free Association Books, 2005): Chapter 1, pp. 1–22; Chapter 2, pp. 195–220; Chapter 3, pp. 23–42; Chapter 4, pp. 117–123; Chapter 5, pp. 43–58, 93–116; Chapter 6, pp. 93–116; Chapter 9, pp. 145–151; Chapter 10, pp. 152–166; Chapter 11, pp. 75–81; Chapter 12, pp. 67–74; Chapter 13, pp. 139–143; and Chapter 14, pp. 133–137.
– Aspects of many of the chapters, but particularly the introduction, appeared in “Paedophile Cultures: Child Sexual Abuse and Constructions of the Paedophile in British and American Culture,” in Interactions 2005.
– Parts of Chapter 1 were previously published as “Satanic Ritual Abuse,” in Conspiracy Theories in American History, ed. Peter Knight (New York: ABC-Clio, 2004), 642–643.
– Some elements of Chapter 9 appeared as “Sexually Unchallenged: Re-Membering Disabled Celluloid Sex Gods,” in Crash Cinema, ed. Patrick Eyres (Bradford, U.K.: National Museum of Film and Photography, 2004), 84–94.
– Parts of Chapter 11 were previously published as “Shamans, Sex Beasts and Abuse: Mother-Son Relationships in Popular and Cult Cinema,” Film International 3, no. 15 (2005): 22–31.