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Misfit Sisters : Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage /

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This timely study breaks new ground in exploring how recent film and television horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Short, Sue (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Film History.
Film and Television Studies.
Gender Studies.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > History.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This timely study breaks new ground in exploring how recent film and television horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 196 pages)
ISBN:9780230287372
DOI:10.1057/9780230287372