Femicidal Fears Narratives of the Female Gothic Experience
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.10.2001
Verlag
Ingram Publishers ServicesSeitenzahl
223
Maße (L/B/H)
21.8/14/1.2 cm
Gewicht
118 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7914-5151-9
In Femicidal Fears, Helene Meyers examines contemporary femicidal plots--plots in which women are killed or fear for their lives--to argue that these female Gothic novels of death actually bring the nuances of feminist thought to life. Through her examination of works by Angela Carter, Muriel Spark, Edna O'Brien, Beryl Bainbridge, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood, as well as such infamous cases as the Montreal Massacre and the Yorkshire Ripper, Meyers contends that these femicidal plots restage and embody feminist debates flattened by such glib and automatic phrases as "essentialism" and "victim feminism." Bringing the Gothic and the quotidian together in discussions of heterosexual romance, the sadomasochistic couple, female paranoia, postfeminism, and images of the female body, the book affirms that refusing victimization may not be a simple story, but it is nevertheless one worth telling.
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