The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis

The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis
ISBN-10
1136750754
ISBN-13
9781136750755
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2015-09-04
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Barbara Creed

Description

In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body.With close reference to a number of classic horror films including the Alien trilogy, T

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