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Monstrous Possibilities Amanda Howell

Monstrous Possibilities By Amanda Howell

Monstrous Possibilities by Amanda Howell


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Monstrous Possibilities: The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror by Amanda Howell

This book focuses on how the abject spectacle of the monstrous feminine has been reimagined by recent and contemporary screen horrors focused on the desires and subjectivities of female monsters who, as anti-heroic protagonists of revisionist and reflexive texts, exemplify gendered possibility in altered cultures of 21st century screen production and reception. As Barbara Creed notes in a recent interview, the patriarchal stereotype of horror that she named the monstrous-feminine has, decades later, embarked on a life of her own. Focused on this altered and renewed form of female monstrosity, this study engages with an international array of recent and contemporary screen entertainments, from arthouse and indie horror films by emergent female auteurs, to the franchised products of multimedia conglomerates, to 'quality' television horror, to the social media-based creations of horror fans working as pro-sumers. In this way, the monograph in its organisation and scope maps the converged and rapidly changing environment of 21st century screen cultures in order to situate the monstrous female anti-hero as one of its distinctive products.

About Amanda Howell

Amanda Howellis a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, where she teaches courses in screen history and aesthetics. Her research focuses on gender, genre, screen aesthetics and cultures in a sociohistorical frame, with a recurrent focus on horror as well as other body genres such as action and the musical. Her publications on the Gothic and horror have appeared in journals such asContinuum, Gothic StudiesandGenreand she is the author ofA Different Tune: Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action(2015).

Lucy Bakerteaches in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia,across fields of sociology, cultural and media studies. Her research focuses primarily on adaptations, gender and fans. Her work has been published in journals includingContinuum, Journal of Girlhood StudiesandThe Journal of Fandom Studies. Her monographMedia and Gender Adaptation: Regendering, Critical Creation & the Fans(forthcoming, 2023) analyses adaptations and fanfic that change the gender of an original character and looks at how fans respond to those works.

Table of 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 inThe Babadook.-Chapter 3:Hungry, Unruly and Bold: A Sitcom Moms Zombie Makeover inSanta Clarita Diet.-Part II:Reimagining the Girl.-Chapter 4:I am That Very Witch: Claiming Monstrosity, Claiming Desire inThe Witch.-Chapter 5:Not Yours Any More: The Monstrous-FeminineBildungsroman 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 inA Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.-Chapter 8:Rage Is a Monster: Lily Frankenstein Takes Back the Night inPenny Dreadful.-Part IV:Cult Fandoms and Fan Productions.- Chapter 9:We are the Weirdos, Mister: Monstrous Performativity, Resistant Femininity and Cult Fandoms ofThe Craft, Ginger Snaps and Jennifers Body.-Chapter 10:From Monstrous Girlhood to Empowered Adulthood: Melissa HuntersAdult Wednesday AddamsWeb Series.

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NPB9783031128431
9783031128431
3031128435
Monstrous Possibilities: The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror by Amanda Howell
New
Hardback
Springer International Publishing AG
2022-11-05
200
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