Misfit Sisters Screen Horror As Female Rites of Passage

Name: Misfit Sisters Screen Horror As Female Rites of Passage
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ISBN: 9780230000209

ISBN-10: 0230000207

ISBN-13: 9780230000209

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sue Short

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'Misfit Sisters' evaluates how horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations.

Book details

List price: $99.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 196
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Telling Tales: Fairy Tales and Female Rites of Passage Narratives


Sex and the Final Girl: Surviving the Slasher


Maternal Monsters and Motherly Mentors: Failed Initiations in Carrie and Carrie II


Misfit Sisters: Female Kinship and Rivalry in The Craft and Ginger Snaps


Fighting Demons: Buffy, Faith, Willow and the Forces of Good and Evil


Demeter's Daughters: Wronged Girls and the Mother Avenger


Conclusion


Bibliography


Filmography


Index