Monstrous bodies: feminine power in young adult horror fiction

"This book examines three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction and considers what each has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires in conformity with con...

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1. Verfasser: Pulliam, June Michele 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, NC McFarland 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"This book examines three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction and considers what each has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires in conformity with contemporary ideas about what it means to be a good woman"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index
Subversive spirits : resistance and the uncanny in the young adult ghost story -- Blood and bitches : sexual politics and the female lycanthrope in young adult fiction -- "An ye harm none, do as ye will" : magic, gender and agency in young adult narratives of witchcraft -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:198 S. 23 cm

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