{"product_id":"monstrous-feminine","title":"Monstrous-Feminine","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In \u003cem\u003eThe Monstrous-Feminine\u003c\/em\u003e Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body.\u003cbr\u003eWith close reference to a number of classic horror films including the \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, \u003cem\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePsycho\u003c\/em\u003e, Creed analyses the seven `faces' of the monstrous-feminine: archaic mother, monstrous womb, vampire, witch, possessed body, monstrous mother and castrator. Her argument that man fears woman as \u003cem\u003ecastrator\u003c\/em\u003e, rather than as \u003cem\u003ecastrated\u003c\/em\u003e, questions not only Freudian theories of sexual difference but existing theories of spectatorship and fetishism, providing a provocative re-reading of classical and contemporary film and theoretical texts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542970392814,"sku":"9781138127708","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138127708.jpg?v=1720138311","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/monstrous-feminine","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}