Childbirth and parenting in horror texts : the marginalized and the monstrous

This book examines childbirth and parenting in horror texts. By analysing new texts, and re-analysing commonly used texts with new feminist methodology, this study provides a unique contribution to the fields of gender and horror studies. Focusing on horror fiction and film, this book reviews textua...

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Other Authors: DiGioia, Amanda, (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
Series: Emerald studies in alternativity and marginalization
Subjects:
Horror in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Fathers in literature.
Social Science > Gender Studies.
Horror & ghost stories.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781787148819
9781787432758
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 109 pages).

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