Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts: The Marginalized and the Monstrous (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781787148826)

This book examines childbirth and parenting in horror texts. By analysing new texts, and re-analysing commonly used texts with new feminist methodology, this study provides a unique contribution to the fields of gender and horror studies. Focusing on horror fiction and film, this book reviews textual treatments of birth and motherhood, and how they differ from representations of fatherhood. Motherhood and birth are represented as revolting in several ways. Mothers in horror do not fulfil their gender role, and the neglect of motherhood by a woman is deemed horrific because it is the antithesis of Western patriarchal ideals of female identity. These mothers are unforgiven. Bad fathers, in contrast, are given moments of restoration that allow audiences or readers to feel immediate sympathy for them. Examining conception, birth, motherhood and fathers, this work provides a unique exploration of the monstrous and the marginalized within the horror genre.

Author: Amanda Digioia
ISBN-10: 1787148823
ISBN-13: 9781787148826
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2017
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.40d