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Unbecoming Female Monsters
Witches, Vampires, and Virgins
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2016
Summary
Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins is a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary work that traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of socio-cultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive powers. This book examines the female sexual maturation cycle and the various archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of sexual development as seen in literature, art, film, television, and popular culture. Recommended for scholars of Latin American studies, literature, cultural studies, women and gender studies, popular culture, and film studies.
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Edition
1/2016
Copyright Year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-2963-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-2964-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
182
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
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Introduction No access
Chapter 1: Turning Back the Clock No access Pages 1 - 28
Chapter 2: Breaking In vs. Breaking Out No access Pages 29 - 58
Chapter 3: Maligned Mother(hood)s No access Pages 59 - 88
Chapter 4: Fairy Tale Witches and Much More No access Pages 89 - 128
Chapter 5: Life Isn’t a Fairy Tale and I’m No Princess No access Pages 129 - 156
