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Willful monstrosity : gender and race in 21st century horror
- Title
- Willful monstrosity : gender and race in 21st century horror / Natalie Wilson.
- Author
- Wilson, Natalie, 1971-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 20-3634 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 275 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Taking in a wide range of film, television, and literature, this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspective with a marked emphasis on gender and race. The analysis, which covers over 70 narratives, is organized around four primary monstrous figures--zombies, vampires, witches and monstrous women. Arguing that the current horror renaissance is populated with willful monsters that subvert prevailing cultural norms and systems of power, the discussion reads horror in relation to topics of particular import in the contemporary moment--rampant sexual violence, unbridled capitalist greed, brutality against people of color, militarism, and the patriarchy's refusal to die. Examining ground-breaking films and television shows such as Get Out, Us, The Babadook, A Quiet Place, Stranger Things, Penny Dreadful, and The Passage, as well as works by key authors like Justin Cronin, Carmen Maria Machado, Helen Oyeyemi, Margo Lanagan, and Jeanette Winterson, this monograph offers a thorough account of the horror landscape and what it says about the 21st century world"--
- Subjects
- Horror films
- Horror fiction
- Monsters in motion pictures
- Monsters in literature
- Horror films > History and criticism
- Race in motion pictures
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role on television
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Monsters on television
- Race on television
- Sex role in motion pictures
- Race in literature
- 2000-2099
- Horror tales > 21st century > History and criticism
- Horror television programs > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Horror fiction.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Monster matters -- Staying woke in an undead world -- Draining the imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy -- Wicked good -- Woman, thy name is monster -- Conclusion: The monster's tools.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-3634
- ISBN
- 9781476673448
- 1476673446
- 9781476637266 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019054112
- OCLC
- 1134458198
- Author
- Wilson, Natalie, 1971- author.
- Title
- Willful monstrosity : gender and race in 21st century horror / Natalie Wilson.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-3634