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Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts
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Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts

The Marginalized and the Monstrous

Amanda DiGioia
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Paperback / softback
9781787148826
26 July 2017
$77.99
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9781787148819
26 July 2017
$57.99
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9781787432758
26 July 2017
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This 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.

1. Conception 2. Labor Pains  3. Your Mom Has Issues: When Motherhood Becomes A Monstrosity  4. Father Knows Best: The Redemption of "Bad Dads" in Horror Texts  5. Afterbirth

    Noting that motherhood and birth have simultaneously fascinated and repulsed horror writers and filmmakers for centuries, DiGioia examines motherhood, fatherhood, and birth in horror novels and films, and considers some of the omnipresent connections between gender and horror. Her particular focus is on how artists within the horror genre represent and change birth and motherhood. She asks, in the context of horror texts, whether bad mothers make monsters, and whether bad fathers are held as culpable as bad mothers are. Her topics are conception, labor pains, your mom has issues: when motherhood becomes a monstrosity, father knows best: the redemption of "bad dads" in horror texts, and afterbirth.

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    Amanda DiGioia is currently a doctoral student at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK. Amanda’s thesis examines women in the Finnish heavy metal music scene. Her research interests include horror texts, feminist theory and Finnish culture and society. Amanda's work has been featured in Metal Music Studies, Horror Studies, and Fan Phenomena: Game of Thrones.