Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts

Language: English

Published by Emerald Publishing Limited, GB, 2017

1787148823 / 9781787148826

Series: Book 1 of 7 - Emerald Studies in Alternativity and Marginalization

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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 textual treatments of birth and motherhood, and how they differ from representations of fatherhood. Motherhood and birth are represented as revolting in several ways. Mothers in horror do not fulfil their gender role, and the neglect of motherhood by a woman is deemed horrific because it is the antithesis of Western patriarchal ideals of female identity. These mothers are unforgiven. Bad fathers, in contrast, are given moments of restoration that allow audiences or readers to feel immediate sympathy for them. Examining conception, birth, motherhood and fathers, this work provides a unique exploration of the monstrous and the marginalized within the horror genre.

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Title
Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts
Author
Amanda DiGioia
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited, GB
Publication year
2017
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1787148823
ISBN 13
9781787148826
Item weight
138 grams
Series
Book 1 of 7: Emerald Studies in Alternativity and Marginalization

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