Monstrous bodies
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Recent works of young adult fantastic fiction such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga have been excoriated for glamorizing feminine subordination. However, young adult horror fiction with female protagonists who have paranormal abilities suggests to female readers the possibility of resisting restrictive gender roles that are presented to them as natural and therefore immutable. In this type of fiction, the ""monstrous Other"" is a double with a difference, a metaphor of the adolescent girl in Western culture who is pressured to embody a doll-like feminine ideal which is untenable because it d
العنوان |
Monstrous bodies : feminine power in young adult horror fiction / June Pulliam. |
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الناشر |
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2014 |
ملاحظات |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
رقم الرف |
Cover Acknowledgments Table of Contents Introduction 1. Subversive Spirits: Resistance and the Uncanny in the Young Adult Ghost Story 2. Blood and Bitches: Sexual Politics and the Female Lycanthrope in Young Adult Fiction 3. "An ye harm none, do as ye will": Magic, Gender and Agency in Young Adult Narratives of Witchcraft Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index |
الشكل |
1 online resource (201 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
تأريخ حقوق الملكية الفكرية |
©2014 |
رقم النظام |
997012410606905171 |
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