The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis Contributor(s): Creed, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138127701 ISBN-13: 9781138127708 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Social Science | Media Studies - Psychology |
Dewey: 791.436 |
Series: Popular Fictions |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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. |