Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film
- ISBN-10
- 1787698998
- ISBN-13
- 9781787698994
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-03-13
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Authors
- Steven Gerrard, Samantha Holland, Robert Shail
Description
This edited collection focuses on gender and contemporary horror in film, examining how and if representations of gender in horror have changed.
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