Misfit Sisters Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage
Description
This timely study breaks new ground in exploring how recent film and television horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesPerforming ArtsFilmHistory & CriticismSociologyWomen's StudiesAnthropologyCultural & Social
2006Book
Author(s)Sue Short
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230000209
LanguageEnglish
