The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Popular Fictions Series)
By reinstating the repressed mother andfemme castraticein classic Freudian theory, and by extending Julia Kristeva's discussion of horror and abjection to fresh critical objects, Barbara Creed accessibly and convincingly demonstrates the relevance and productivity of psychoanalytic theory for cultural analysis.–Annette Kuhn, University of GlasgowA substantial contribution to knowledge of the horror film . . . the first study to concentrate specifically on the monstrous-feminine.–E. Ann KaplanWitty, succinct, a pleasure to read. The critique of Freudian theory comprises a total re-conceptualization of the status of the feminine within psychoanalytic debate.–Sneja Gunew