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Willful Monstrosity: Gender and Race in 21st Century Horror

Willful Monstrosity: Gender and Race in 21st Century Horror


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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.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Monster Matters 1. Staying Woke in an Undead World Section 1: Lurching Engagements with Gender, Race and Class Section 2: Eradicating Rape Culture ­Zombie-Style Section 3: The Hopeful Apocalypse and the Zombie Child Section 4: Undead Conservativism: “Legitimate” Zombie Rape and “Necessary” War 2. Draining the Imperialist White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy Section 1: The Rise of the Vampire Activist Section 2: ­Post-Traumatic Vampire Disorder Section 3: Ethical Vampirism Section 4: Viral Vampires and Dystopian Futures 3. Wicked Good Section 1: Revising Witch History Section 2: Patriarchy Be Damned Section 3: ­Post-Millennial Fantasy and Fairy Tale Witches Section 4: Conjuring Retribution 4. Woman, Thy Name Is Monster Section 1: Gothic Monstrosity in Feminist Guise Section 2: Get Out of My House! Banishing Systemic Monsters Section 3: Gendered Discontent in 21st Century Creature Features Section 4: Medusa Figures in ­Post-Millennial Horror Conclusion: The Monster’s Tools Chapter Notes Bibliography Film and Television Series Index

About the Author :
Natalie Wilson is a professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Cal State San Marcos in San Diego, California. She writes and teaches in the areas of popular culture, film, television, horror, women’s literature, and feminism.

Review :
“Wilson’s text is a nice balance of research and a close reading of popular horror media. The result is a book that is a comprehensive analysis of the role that race and gender play in 21st Century horror.”—Signal Horizon Magazine


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781476673448
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 285
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Gender and Race in 21st Century Horror
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1476673446
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jan 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 285
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 435 gr


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