Cristina Santos

Unbecoming Female Monsters (eBook, ePUB)

Witches, Vampires, and Virgins

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins is a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary work that traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of socio-cultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive powers. This book examines the female sexual maturation cycle and the various archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of sexual development as seen in literature, art, film, television, and popular culture. Recommended for scholars of Latin American studies, literature, cultural studies, women and gender studies, popular culture, and film studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498529648
• Artikelnr.: 47668092

Autorenporträt

Cristina Santos is associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Permissions
Introduction
Chapter One: Turning Back the Clock: "Modern" Virginities
Chapter Two: Breaking In vs. Breaking Out: Negotiating the Transition from
Girlhood to Womanhood
Chapter Three: Maligned Mother(hood)s
Chapter Four: Fairy Tale Witches and Much More
Chapter Five: Life Isn't a Fairy Tale and I'm No Princess: The Case of
Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Epilogue
Works Cited
Filmography
About the Author