Title: Women and domestic space in contemporary gothic narratives : the house as subject /
Authors: Ng, Andrew Hock-soon, 1972-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Gothic fiction (Literary genre) History and criticism.; Gothic revival (Literature) History and criticism.; Horror films History and criticism; Horror comic books, strips, etc. History and criticism.; Dwellings in literature; Dwellings in motion pictures; Home in literature; Home in motion pictures; Women in literature; Women in motion pictures; Dwellings in literature; Dwellings in motion pictures; Gothic fiction (Literary genre); Gothic revival (Literature); Home in literature; Home in motion pictures; Horror comic books, strips, etc.; Horror films; Women in literature; Women in motion pictures
Abstract: Moving away from traditional studies of Gothic domesticity based on symbolism, Andrew Hock Soon Ng instead focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it. Discussing contemporary novels by Angela Carter, Valerie Martin, Toni Morrison, and Janice Galloway; films such as The Exorcist, Repulsion, The Others, and The Orphanage; and Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking autobiographical work, Fun Home, within a framework of psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and spatial and architectural theories, this book reveals the complicated relationship between the house and the female subject.
Contents: Introduction: the subject of the house in gothic narratives -- Housing treachery. Angela Carter's The magic toyshop and love -- Housing the unspeakable. Valerie Martin's Property and Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Housing secret selves. William Friedkin's The exorcist and Roman Polanski's Repulsion -- Housing melancholia. Alejandro Amenábar's The others and Juan A. Bayona's The orphanage -- Conclusion: housing redemption. Janice Galloway's The trick is to keep breathing and Alison Bechdel's Fun home.