ABSTRACT
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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I
Faces of the Monstrous-Feminine: Abjection and the Maternal
part II|82 pages
Medusa's Head: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Femme Castratrice
