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100	1		_aDiGioia, Amanda, _eeditor.
245	1	0	_aChildbirth and parenting in horror texts : _bthe marginalized and the monstrous / _cAmanda Digioia.
264		1	_bEmerald Publishing Limited,
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 109 pages).
490	0		_aEmerald studies in alternativity and marginalization
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThis book examines childbirth and parenting in horror texts. By analysing new texts, and re-analysing commonly used texts with new feminist methodology, this study provides a unique contribution to the fields of gender and horror studies. Focusing on horror fiction and film, this book reviews textual treatments of birth and motherhood, and how they differ from representations of fatherhood. Motherhood and birth are represented as revolting in several ways. Mothers in horror do not fulfil their gender role, and the neglect of motherhood by a woman is deemed horrific because it is the antithesis of Western patriarchal ideals of female identity. These mothers are unforgiven. Bad fathers, in contrast, are given moments of restoration that allow audiences or readers to feel immediate sympathy for them. Examining conception, birth, motherhood and fathers, this work provides a unique exploration of the monstrous and the marginalized within the horror genre.
588	0		_aPrint version record
650		0	_aHorror in literature.
650		0	_aMothers in literature.
650		0	_aFathers in literature.
650		7	_aSocial Science _xGender Studies. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHorror & ghost stories. _2bicssc
776			_z9781787148826
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787148819
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