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Monstrous bodies : feminine power in young adult horror fiction /

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"This book examines three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction and considers what each has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires in conformity with con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pulliam, June Michele
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Subjects:
Young adult literature > History and criticism.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Women in literature.
Horror in literature.
Young adults > Books and reading.
Young adult literature.
Frau. > Motiv.
Horror.
Literatur.
Heranwachsender.
Litteratur för unga vuxna > genusaspekter.
Den andre (filosofi) i litteraturen > genusaspekter.
Kvinnor i litteraturen.
Skräck i litteraturen > genusaspekter.
Flickor/kvinnor i litteraturen.
Femininitet i litteraturen.
Den andre i litteraturen.
Monster i litteraturen.
Skräck i litteraturen.
Ungdomsböcker.
Litteraturvetenskap > ungdomsböcker > skräck > kvinnobilden.
Unga kvinnor > kropp > kvinnlighet.
Literary studies > books for young people > horror > image of women.
Young women > body > femininity.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:"This book examines three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction and considers what each has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires in conformity with contemporary ideas about what it means to be a good woman"--
Physical Description:198 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
ISBN:9780786475438
0786475439