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The Monstrous-Feminine : Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis
ISBN: 9780203820513
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Taylor & Francis Group
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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