In this sequel to Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic, Badley examines horror fiction as a fantastic genre in which images of the body and the self are articulated and modified. Badley places horror fiction in its cultural context, drawing important connections to theories of gender and sexuality. As our culture places increasing importance on body image, horror fiction has provided a language for imagining the self in new ways—often as ungendered, transformed, or re-generated. Focusing on the works of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice, Badley approaches horror as a discourse that articulates the anxieties of our culture.
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In this sequel to Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic, Badley examines horror fiction as a fantastic genre in which images of the body and the self are articulated and modified.
Acknowledgments Introduction Flesh Made Word The Sin Eater: Orality, Postliteracy, and the Early Stephen King Stephen King Viewing the Body Clive Barker Writing from the Body Transfigured Vampires: Anne Rice Afterword Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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...examines horror fiction as a genre of the fantastic in which images of the body and self are articulated and modified.

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ISBN
9780313297168
Publisert
1996-06-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
200

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Biographical note

LINDA BADLEY is Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University./e She has published articles on fiction, film, poetry, and gender. She is author of Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic (Greenwood, 1995).