Feminist Perspectives on Contemporary Zombies, Vampires, and Witches

Radical Monstrosity in Literature, Film, and TV

af Heidi (California State University at San Marcos Breuer

This book explores zombies, vampires, and witches in contemporary popular culture from a feminist perspective, analyzing a range of novels, television series, and films. Though some popular texts (from Harry Potter to Twilight) still use historically inherited conventions, many millennial texts (like True Blood, Maleficent, and The Walking Dead) utilize feminist-friendly monster-figures to critique regressive patriarchal ideologies, champion female monstrosity and female agency, and/or envision ... (Læs mere)