Research Catalog
Attack of the leading ladies : gender, sexuality, and spectatorship in classic horror cinema
- Title
- Attack of the leading ladies : gender, sexuality, and spectatorship in classic horror cinema / Rhona J. Berenstein.
- Author
- Berenstein, Rhona J.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1996.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.H6 B48 1996 | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- Description
- xvi, 274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Film and culture
- Uniform Title
- Film and culture.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Filmography: p.[237]-246.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Horror of Classic Horrors -- 2. Spectatorship-as-Drag: Re-Dressing Classic Horror Cinema -- 3. Horror for Sale: The Marketing and Reception of Classic Horror Cinema -- 4. Looks Could Kill: The Powers of the Gaze in Hypnosis Films -- 5. The Interpretation of Screams: Female Fear, Homosocial Desire, and Mad-Doctor Movies -- 6. White Skin, White Masks: Race, Gender, and Monstrosity in Jungle-Horror Cinema -- Afterword: The Horror of It All.
- ISBN
- 0231084625 (cl. : alk. paper)
- 0231084633 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95031390
- OCLC
- 32739577
- ocm32739577
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries