Dread of Difference Gender and the Horror Film

Name: Dread of Difference Gender and the Horror Film
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ISBN: 9780292727946

ISBN-10: 0292727941

ISBN-13: 9780292727946

Edition: 1996

Authors: Barry Keith Grant, Barry Keith Grant

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An undying procession of sons of Dracula and daughters of darkness has animated the horror film genre from the beginning. Indeed, in this pioneering exploration of the cinema of fear, Barry Keith Grant and twenty other film critics posit that horror is always rooted in gender, particularly in anxieties about sexual difference and gender politics. The book opens with the influential theoretical works of Linda Williams, Carol J. Clover, and Barbara Creed. Subsequent essays explore the history of the genre, from classic horror such as King Kong and Bride of Frankenstein to the more recent Fatal Attraction and Bram Stoker' Dracula . Other topics covered include the work of horror…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 476
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694

Alistair Fox holds a personal chair in the Department of English and is director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago.Barry Keith Grant is professor of film studies and popular culture at Brock University.



Introduction






When the Woman Looks




Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine


An Imaginary Abjection




Her Body, Himself


Gender in the Slasher Film







"It Will Thrill You, It May Shock You, It Might Even Horrify You"


Gender, Reception, and Classic Horror Cinema




Bringing It All Back Home


Family Economy and Generic Exchange




Trying to Survive on the Darker Side


1980s Family Horror




Genre, Gender, and the Aliens Trilogy




Taking Back the Night of the Living Dead


George Romero, Feminism, and the Horror Film




Gender, Genre, Argento




"Beyond the Veil of the Flesh"


Cronenberg and the Disembodiment of Horror




The Horror Film in Neoconservative Culture







Horror, Femininity, and Carrie' Monstrous Puberty




The Monster as Woman


Two Generations of Cat People




Here Comes the Bride


Wedding Gender and Race in Bride of Frankenstein




King Kong


The Beast in the Boudoir or, "You Can't Marry That Girl, You're a Gorilla!"




The Stepfather


Father as Monster in the Contemporary Horror Film




Burying the Undead


The Use and Obsolescence of Count Dracula




Daughters of Darkness


The Lesbian Vampire on Film




From Dracula--with Love




The Place of Passion


Reflections on Fatal Attraction




Birth Traumas


Parturition and Horror in Rosemary' Baby



Selected Bibliography


Notes on Contributors


Index