The monstrous-feminine
Subtitle: film, feminism, psychoanalysis
By: Barbara Creed.
Series: Popular fiction series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Horror films -- Psychological aspects.; Monsters in motion pictures.; Women in motion pictures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-171) and index.
Filmography: p. 173-177.
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: vi; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: vii; label: Part I
title: Faces of the Monstrous-Feminine: Abjection and the Maternal; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Kristeva, Femininity, Abjection
pagenum: 8; label: 2
title: Horror and the Archaic Mother: Alien
pagenum: 16; label: 3
title: Woman as Possessed Monster: The Exorcist
pagenum: 31; label: 4
title: Woman as Monstrous Womb: The Brood
pagenum: 43; label: 5
title: Woman as Vampire: The Hunger
pagenum: 59; label: 6
title: Woman as Witch: Carrie
pagenum: 73; label: Part II
title: Medusa's Head: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Femme Castratrice; title: Preface
pagenum: 87; label: 7
title: 'Little Hans' Reconsidered: Or 'The Tale of Mother's Terrifying Widdler'
pagenum: 88; label: 8
title: Medusa's Head: The Vagina Dentata and Freudian Theory
pagenum: 105; label: 9
title: The Femme Castratrice: I Spit on Your Grave, Sisters
pagenum: 122; label: 10
title: The Castrating Mother: Psycho
pagenum: 139; label: 11
title: The Medusa's Gaze
pagenum: 151; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 167; title: Filmography
pagenum: 172; title: Index
pagenum: 178