Monstrous Possibilities - The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book focuses on how the abject spectacle of the 'monstrous feminine' has been reimagined by recent and contemporary screen horrors focused on the desires and subjectivities of female monsters who, as anti-heroic protagonists of revisionist and reflexive texts, exemplify gendered possibility in altered cultures of 21st century screen production and reception. As Barbara Creed notes in a recent interview, the patriarchal stereotype of horror that she named 'the monstrous-feminine' has, decades later, 'embarked on a life of her own'. Focused on this altered and renewed form of female monstrosity, this study engages with an international array of recent and contemporary screen entertainments, from arthouse and indie horror films by emergent female auteurs, to the franchised products of multimedia conglomerates, to 'quality' television horror, to the social media-based creations of horror fans working as 'pro-sumers'. In this way, the monograph in its organisation and scope maps the converged and rapidly changing environment of 21st century screen cultures in order to situate the monstrous female anti-hero as one of its distinctive products.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Amanda Howell • Lucy Baker
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-112843-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	3-03-112843-5
Barcode:	9783031128431

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