Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
- ISBN-10
- 0851703313
- ISBN-13
- 9780851703312
- Series
- Men, Women, and Chain Saws
- Category
- Horror films
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Author
- Carol J. Clover
Description
A study of contemporary horror films in which feminist film theorist Carol J. Glover investigates the enduring popularity of the genre, and the questions which films such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween raise about gender in the cinema.
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