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Bloody Women
Women Directors of Horror
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2022
Summary
Bloody Women traces changing gender dynamics in the horror film industry to explore how women have played a crucial role in defining the genre of horror understood as a scholarly discipline, cultural institution, and site of pleasure. While acknowledging that women in the industry face ongoing challenges, this book focuses on their diverse contributions as creators, consumers, and critics of horror, showing how women have been essential in shaping the goals and methods of the genre. Aimed at both scholarly and general readers, the chapters bring together the expertise of filmmakers, festival programmers, and scholars to argue that women have effected a reimagining of horror. To this end, the volume considers a range of historical and theoretical issues relevant to gender and the genre of horror, broadly conceived. The collection explores, for example, female-directed horror films as a distinctive enterprise, one that is potentially marked by unique cinematic techniques and topical concerns. The book also moves into a more public domain, probing how the cultural experience of horror is transformed when the genre’s major festivals and conventions are developed and directed by women. Together, these essays offer a wide-ranging investigation into the stakes of women’s growing prominence in the horror industry. Most centrally, Bloody Women analyzes how the ethics, investments, and objectives of the genre shift when women deploy horror for their own enjoyment.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-61146-307-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-61146-308-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
244
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
One. Horror’s Founding Mothers: Women in Proto-cinema, Visual Avant-Gardes, and the Silent Era No access Pages 21 - 38
Two. Women’s Filmmaking and the Male-Centered Horror Film No access Pages 39 - 52
Three. Angela Bettis: Gender in the Space of Collaborative Horror No access Pages 53 - 68
Four. Stitches, Screams, and Female Beauty: Canadian Women Horror Film No access Pages 69 - 96
Five. “They’ve Got Something You Haven’t. A Cock.” Exploring the Gendered Experience of Horror Filmmaking in Britain No access Pages 97 - 114
Six. At Our Table: Conceptualizing the Black Woman’s Horror Film Aesthetic No access Pages 115 - 144
Seven. Women in Horror Film Festivals: Representation, Dark Storytelling, and an International Community of Filmmakers No access Pages 145 - 166
Eight. “But Are You Really Into Horror?” The Importance of Female-Centric Horror Film Festivals, Horror Curators, and Industry Champions No access Pages 167 - 180
Nine. Short Sharp Shocks: An Interview with Women Who Make Horror Shorts No access Pages 181 - 212
Ten. His Canon, Herself: Teaching Horror as Feminist Cinema No access Pages 213 - 228
Appendix. A Cultural Study of the (Western) Horror Film (Abridged Viewing List) No access Pages 229 - 230
Index No access Pages 231 - 240
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 241 - 244
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