Imagining the worst : Stephen King and the representation of women / edited by Kathleen Margaret Lant and Theresa Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lant, Kathleen Margaret.

Thompson, Theresa.

Series:

Contributions to the study of popular culture 0198-9871 ; no. 67.

Contributions to the study of popular culture, 0198-9871 ; no. 67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Stephen, 1947---Characters--Women.

King, Stephen.

King, Stephen, 1947-.

Horror tales, American--History and criticism.

Horror tales, American.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 203 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Summary:

Scholarly essays exploring Stephen King's representation of women in his fiction.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Imagining the Worst: Stephen King and the Representation of Women / Kathleen Margaret Lant, Theresa Thompson 3

II. The American Context and Constructions of the Female

Chapter 2 Cotton Mather and Stephen King: Writing/Righting the Body Politic / Edward J. Ingebretsen, S.J. 11

Chapter 3 Patriarchal Mediations of Carrie: The Book, the Movie, and the Musical / Douglas Keesey 31

Chapter 4 Rituals of Male Violence: Unlocking the (Fe)Male Self in Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne / Theresa Thompson 47

III. Women and Genre

Chapter 5 Repulsive Attractions: "The Raft," the Vagina Dentata, and the Slasher Formula / Leonard Cassuto 61

Chapter 6 The Power of the Feminine and the Gendered Construction of Horror in Stephen King's "The Reach" / Andre L. DeCuir 79

Chapter 7 Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne: Stephen King and the Evolution of an Authentic Female Narrative Voice / Carol A. Senf 91

IV. Evil and Female Essence

Chapter 8 "Oh Dear Jesus it is Female": Monster as Mother/Mother as Monster in Stephen King's It / Linda Anderson 111

Chapter 9 It, A Sexual Fantasy / Karen Thoens 127

V. Masculine Power and the "Problem" of the Female Body

Chapter 10 Cars Are Girls: Sexual Power and Sexual Panic in Stephen King's Christine / Edward Madden 143

Chapter 11 The Rape of Constant Reader: Stephen King's Construction of the Female Reader and Violation of the Female Body in Misery / Kathleen Margaret Lant 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-190) and index.

ISBN:

0313302324

OCLC:

37981689