Femicidal Fears
Narratives of the Female Gothic Experience
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2001
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-5151-9 (ISBN)
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-5151-9 (ISBN)
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Argues that contemporary female Gothic novels of death can, in fact, breathe new life into feminist debates about victimization, essentialism, agency, and the body.
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 femicidal 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.
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 femicidal 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.
Helene Meyers is Associate Professor of English at Southwestern University.
Acknowledgments
Critical Femicide: A Polemical Preface
1. Introduction: Feminist Gothic/Gothic Feminist
2. Gothic Traditions
3. Love Kills
4. The Construction of the Sadomasochistic Couple
5. Paranoia Will Destroy You, or Will It?
6. The Perils of Postfeminism
7. Beyond Postfeminism: Revaluing the Female Body and the Body Politic
Epilogue: Toward Feminisms without Demons
Notes
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.10.2001 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 417 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7914-5151-8 / 0791451518 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7914-5151-9 / 9780791451519 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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