The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, PsychoanalysisRoutledge, 4 sep 2015 - 216 pagina's 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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