Monstrous possibilities : the female monster in 21st century screen horror /: the female monster in 21st century screen horror. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amanda Howell, Lucy Baker.
• Authors: Howell, Amanda; Baker, Lucy
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: The Monstrous-Feminine Protagonist in Twenty-First-Century Screen Cultures Part I: Othered Mothers Chapter 2: Her Monster, Her Self: Amelia Sorts a Few Things Out in The Babadook Chapter 3: Hungry, Unruly and Bold: A Sitcom Mom's Zombie Makeover in Santa Clarita Diet Part II: Reimagining the Girl Chapter 4: 'I am That Very Witch': Claiming Monstrosity, Claiming Desire in The Witch Chapter 5: 'Not Yours Any More': The Monstrous-Feminine Bildungsroman of The Girl with All the Gifts Chapter 6: Resistant Girl Monstrosity and Empowerment for Tweens: Monster High and Wolfblood Part III: From Fragments of the Old Chapter 7: A Badass in Bad City: The Interstitial Artist and Monstrous Self-fashioning in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Chapter 8: Rage Is a Monster: Lily Frankenstein Takes Back the Night in Penny Dreadful Part IV: Cult Fandoms and Fan Productions Chapter 9: 'We are the Weirdos, Mister': Monstrous Performativity, Resistant Femininity and Cult Fandoms of The Craft, Ginger Snaps and Jennifer's Body Chapter 10: From Monstrous Girlhood to Empowered Adulthood: Melissa Hunter's Adult Wednesday Addams Web Series.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.436164; Horror films -- History and criticism; Horror television programs -- History and criticism; Women in motion pictures; Women on television; Monsters in motion pictures; Monsters on television; Sex role in motion pictures; Sex role on television
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031128448
• Related ISBNs: 9783031128431
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