Misfit sisters
Subtitle: screen horror as female rites of passage
By: Sue Short
Contributors: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780230287372
Subjects: History and criticism; Women in motion pictures; Horror films; Fine Arts
Description: How are tales such as 'Cinderella', 'Red Riding Hood' and 'Bluebeard' referenced and revised in modern screen horror? What aims motivate female protagonists, and what obstacles do they encounter? If these are cautionary tales for the 21st century, what do they tell us about gender roles and expectations, romantic ambitions and angry wishes? Misfit Sisters breaks new ground in evaluating how recent horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, uncovering thematic parallels that update many cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females, and unhappy family situations. By focusing on women struggling to survive various perils, examples including Carrie and Carrie II, The Craft, Ginger Snaps, the Scream trilogy, Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, What Lies Beneath, The Gift, the Ring films and Dark Water are each shown to provide contemporary coming-of-age narratives, with female identity, aspirations, and agency duly examined.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Telling Tales: Fairy Tales and Female Rites of Passage Narratives; title: Sex and the Final Girl: Surviving the Slasher; title: Maternal Monsters and Motherly Mentors: Failed Initiations in Carrie and Carrie II; title: Misfit Sisters: Female Kinship and Rivalry in The Craft and Ginger Snaps; title: Fighting Demons: Buffy, Faith, Willow and the Forces of Good and Evil; title: Demeter's Daughters: Wronged Girls and the Mother Avenger; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Filmography; title: Index.