{"product_id":"monstrous-possibilities-the-female-monster-in-21st-century-screen-horror-9783031128462","title":"Monstrous Possibilities: The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror","description":"This book focuses on how the abject spectacle of the 'monstrous feminine' has been reimagined by recent and contemporary screen horrors focused on the desires and subjectivities of female monsters who, as anti-heroic protagonists of revisionist and reflexive texts, exemplify gendered possibility in altered cultures of 21st century screen production and reception. As Barbara Creed notes in a recent interview, the patriarchal stereotype of horror that she named 'the monstrous-feminine' has, decades later, 'embarked on a life of her own'. Focused on this altered and renewed form of female monstrosity, this study engages with an international array of recent and contemporary screen entertainments, from arthouse and indie horror films by emergent female auteurs, to the franchised products of multimedia conglomerates, to 'quality' television horror, to the social media-based creations of horror fans working as 'pro-sumers'. In this way, the monograph in its organisation and scope maps the converged and rapidly changing environment of 21st century screen cultures in order to situate the monstrous female anti-hero as one of its distinctive products.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Howell, Lucy Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031128462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Howell\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, where she teaches courses in screen history and aesthetics. Her research focuses on gender, genre, screen aesthetics and cultures in a sociohistorical frame, with a recurrent focus on horror as well as other 'body genres' such as action and the musical. Her publications on the Gothic and horror have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eContinuum, Gothic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGenre \u003c\/i\u003eand she is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Different Tune: Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Baker\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, across fields of sociology, cultural and media studies. Her research focuses primarily on adaptations, gender and fans. Her work has been published in journals including \u003ci\u003eContinuum, Journal of Girlhood Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Journal of Fandom Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. Her monograph \u003ci\u003eMedia and Gender Adaptation: Regendering, Critical Creation \u0026amp; the Fans\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming, 2023) analyses adaptations and fanfic that change the gender of an original character and looks at how fans respond to those works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43652892196979,"sku":"9.78303E+12","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f4d1f425-19f9-404e-8b06-1a96b8affc24.jpg?v=1756295204","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/monstrous-possibilities-the-female-monster-in-21st-century-screen-horror-9783031128462","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}