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.
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The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783031128448
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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