Willful monstrosity : gender and race in 21st century horror
- Title
- Willful monstrosity : gender and race in 21st century horror / Natalie Wilson.
- Published by
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Author
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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"--
- Subject
- 2000-2099
- Horror tales > 21st century > History and criticism
- Horror films > History and criticism
- Horror television programs > History and criticism
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in motion pictures
- Sex role on television
- Race in literature
- Race in motion pictures
- Race on television
- Monsters in literature
- Monsters in motion pictures
- Monsters on television
- Horror films
- Horror television programs
- Genre/Form
- Horror fiction.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
- LCCN
- 2019054112
- ISBN
- 9781476673448 paperback
- 1476673446 paperback
- 9781476637266 electronic book
- Research call number
- JFD 20-3634