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Barbara Creed
Monstrous-Feminine [PDF ebook]
Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis

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In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body.With close reference to a number of classic horror films including the Alien trilogy, T

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781136750762 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2603889 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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