Monstrous bodies : feminine power in young adult horror fiction / June Pulliam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pulliam, June Michele, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adult literature--History and criticism.

Young adult literature.

Other (Philosophy) in literature.

Women in literature.

Horror in literature.

Young adults--Books and reading.

Young adults.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent works of young adult fantastic fiction such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga have been excoriated for glamorizing feminine subordination. However, young adult horror fiction with female protagonists who have paranormal abilities suggests to female readers the possibility of resisting restrictive gender roles that are presented to them as natural and therefore immutable. In this type of fiction, the ""monstrous Other"" is a double with a difference, a metaphor of the adolescent girl in Western culture who is pressured to embody a doll-like feminine ideal which is untenable because it d

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Subversive Spirits: Resistance and the Uncanny in the Young Adult Ghost Story; 2. Blood and Bitches: Sexual Politics and the Female Lycanthrope in Young Adult Fiction; 3. "An ye harm none, do as ye will": Magic, Gender and Agency in Young Adult Narratives of Witchcraft; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1663-9