Femicidal fears
narratives of the female gothic experience
by Helene Meyers
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In Femicidal Fears, Helene Meyers examines contemporary femicidal plots - plots in which women are killed or fear for their lives - to argue that these female Gothic novels of death actually bring the nuances of feminist thought to life. Through her examination of works by Angela Carter, Muriel Spark, Edna O'Brien, Beryl Bainbridge, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood, as well as such infamous cases as the Montreal Massacre and the Yorkshire Ripper, Meyers contends that these demicidal plots restage and embody feminist debates flattened by such glib and automatic phrases as "essentialism" and "victim feminism." Bringing the Gothic and the quotidian together in discussions of heterosexual romance, the sadomasochistic couple, female paranoia, postfeminism, and images of the female body, the book affirms that refusing victimization may not be a simple story, but it is nevertheless one worth telling. -- from back cover.
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Gothic revival (Literature), Feminism and literature, History and criticism, Women authors, Feminist fiction, Narration (Rhetoric), Women and literature, English fiction, American fiction, Horror tales, History, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, English fiction, women authors, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Horror tales, history and criticismTimes
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Femicidal fears: narratives of the female gothic experience
2001, State University of New York Press
in English
0791451518 9780791451519
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.
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