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The Dread of Difference, 2nd ed. Gender and the Horror Film. An Imaginary Abjection (Barbara Creed) 3. Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film (Carol Clover). Showing how the director’s work has evolved from the conventional yoking of the monstrous with the feminine to a critique of the masculine worldview that is responsible for. Download The Monstrous Feminine ebook PDF or Read Online books in PDF, EPUB. 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, The.
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Now updated to include contemporary developments in the horror film genre and the critical thinking about it, Barry Keith Grant’s groundbreaking exploration of the cinema of fear has sold over 8,000 copies.
'The Dread of Difference is a classic. Few film studies texts have been so widely read and so influential. It's rarely on the shelf at my university library, so continuo..more
'The Dread of Difference is a classic. Few film studies texts have been so widely read and so influential. It's rarely on the shelf at my university library, so continuo..more
Published January 1st 1996 by University of Texas Press
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As most of this book concerns itself with phalluses or a lack of them, I can’t help but wonder whether it’s by design or coincidence that most of it is a load of old bollocks.
I love the concept of a book of essays written by different critics, each on a different aspect of the horror film genre. But in limiting itself to gender concerns, I think it was inevitable that this would be forced to include some rather sub-standard analysis, if only because you would surely struggle to find 21 excellent..more
I love the concept of a book of essays written by different critics, each on a different aspect of the horror film genre. But in limiting itself to gender concerns, I think it was inevitable that this would be forced to include some rather sub-standard analysis, if only because you would surely struggle to find 21 excellent..more
Nov 28, 2015Carla Remy rated it really liked it
I read this in between other things for months. I think it had interesting essays about horror. And I've actually seen most movies it covers. Even the semi maligned Dracula Francis Coppola did (in the movie theater no less - it came out in 1993, and I was a teenager). I'm a fan of Romero and Cronenburg, Particularly Cronenburg's The Brood, which gets a lot of coverage here.
Actually, disclosure..I never saw Fatal Attraction, but I do remember reading the Mad magazine parody when it came out.
Actually, disclosure..I never saw Fatal Attraction, but I do remember reading the Mad magazine parody when it came out.
Nothing is better than watching horror movies than reading about horror movies. Sounds ridiculous but the theories and sub-theories surrouning horror and why we're attracted to it are fascinating. Gender studies are a pretty sizable sub-genre, as is the concept of voyeurism.
Aug 30, 2013Blair rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favourites, essays-etc, anthology, non-fiction, film
Linda Williams and Robin Wood headline this exceptional collection of essays from theorists about gender in horror films. Some great work also in 'Genre, Gender and The Alien Trilogy' by Thomas Doherty, and Vivian Sobchak excels in 'Brining It All Back Home: Family Economy And Generic Exchange.'
A lot of the discussion in this book were things I had already come up against - Barbara Creed's chapter especially has some sentences taken word-for-word from her book Monstrous Feminine - so many of the grievances I had with this book were ingrained prior to reading it and were prejudicial against certain arguments (mostly anything to do with Freud, yeuch).
I am also guilty of speed-reading in order to get to the good/necessary bits. I found Grant's introduction particularly worthwhile reading..more
I am also guilty of speed-reading in order to get to the good/necessary bits. I found Grant's introduction particularly worthwhile reading..more
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Aug 23, 2017David Russell rated it liked it · review of another edition
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Cultural theory.. Mildly annoying to read. But that's normal for this type of work.
May 18, 2015Nick Spacek rated it it was amazing
f there's ever a discussion that comes up in the discussion of horror movies, it's the violence -- and, specifically, the way that violence is directed at women. However, in the second edition of The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film, the discussion of gender is not limited to violence perpetrated upon women, but also to how women respond to violence, how patriarchal control is limned in boudoir-based horror, and even how violence as perpetrated upon the male body can be seen as a..more
Some of the essays in this collection are interesting readings of modern horror films, others are mediocre and a few are just uninteresting reiterations of Kristevan abjection applied to film. It does, however, adequately compile writings from many spheres of film studies (psychoanalytic to cultural, aesthetic to historical) in a volume that is both great for reference and interesting to read as responses to the aesthetic-feminine critiques of Mulvey and Kristeva.
Oct 08, 2009Jason Coffman rated it really liked it
Excellent collection of essays on, as the title suggests, gender in horror film. I particularly like the fact that some of the essays specifically address issues brought up in other works in the same volume, making it feel a bit like a conversation. Highly recommended if you're into this sort of thing.
Fantastic collection of horror essays. This book ranges from the philosophical to the the psychological to the practical. Barbara Creed's essay on abject femininity in horror is worth the price of admission, but almost all the pieces are solid. I'm really happy I found this one for less the cover price.
This is one of a handful of books I held onto from my undergraduate years in university. Some of the essays have had a profound influence on my decision to pursue gender studies as an academic focus and they form the foundation for my approach to film studies.
So far I love it.
really insightful and interesting discussions on zombie, horror, and slasher films. This book makes me hate Bryan de Palma.
I read this book during my Liberal Arts days at the New School.
It forever changed the ways I view horror films.
Excellent resource for horror film fans.
It forever changed the ways I view horror films.
Excellent resource for horror film fans.
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Barry Keith Grant is Professor in the Department of Communications, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University. He is the author or editor of many books, including 100 Science Fiction Films, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and four editions of Film Genre Reader.
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