Barbara Creed

The Monstrous-Feminine

Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis

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Produktbeschreibung

Most critical writings on horror films conceptualise woman as victim. Creed challenges this view with a feminist psychoanalytic critique, discussing films such as Alien, I Spit on Your Grave and Psycho.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781138127708
• ISBN-10: 1138127701
• Artikelnr.: 44117437

Autorenporträt

Barbara Creed (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Faces of the Monstrous-Feminine: Abjection and the Maternal
INTRODUCTION 1 KRISTEVA, FEMININITY, ABJECTION 2 HORROR AND THE ARCHAIC
MOTHER: ALIEN 3 WOMAN AS POSSESSED MONSTER: THE EXORCIST 4 WOMAN AS
MONSTROUS WOMB: THE BROOD 5 WOMAN AS VAMPIRE: THE HUNGER 6 WOMAN AS WITCH:
CARRIE Part II Medusa's Head: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Femme
Castratrice, 7 'LITTLE HANS' RECONSIDERED: OR THE TALE OF MOTHERS
TERRIFYING WIDDLER' 8 MEDUSA'S HEAD: THE VAGINA DENTATA ANDFREUDIAN THEORY
9 THE FEMME CASTRATRICE: I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, SISTERS 10 THE CASTRATING
MOTHER: PSYCHO 11 THE MEDUSA'S GAZE