Maternal Horror Film Melodrama and Motherhood
Description
Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well as comparisons with the melodrama film, Arnold investigates the polarized images of monstrous and sacrificing mother.
Keywords
Social ScienceMedia StudiesGender StudiesPerforming ArtsFilmTelevisionAnthropologyCultural & SocialHistory & CriticismLanguage Arts & DisciplinesCommunication Studies
2013Book
Author(s)Sarah Arnold
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137014115
LanguageEnglish
