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The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Popular Fictions)
The MonstrousFeminine Film Feminism Psychoanalysis - Popular Fictions
Author: Barbara Creed
The Monstrous-Feminine examines how horror films play on men's fears of women. Barbara Creed argues that when a woman is constructed as monstrous, it is almost always in reference to her capacity to reproduce and to mother. Using detailed readings of Carrie, The Exorcist, Psycho and Alien among others, Creed identifies the seven faces of female ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415052580
ISBN-10: 0415052580
Publication Date: 9/1993
Pages: 182
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
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