The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film PDF
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The Dread of Difference TT66559933..iinnddbb ii 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Texas Film and Media Studies Series Thomas Schatz, Editor TT66559933..iinnddbb iiiiii 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM Edited by Barry Keith Grant Dread T he TT66559933..iinnddbb iivv 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM Dif ference of Gender and the Horror Film Second Edition University of Texas Press, Austin TT66559933..iinnddbb vv 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM Copyright © 1996, 2015 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 1996 Second edition, 2015 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). doi:10.7560/771376 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The dread of difference : gender and the horror fi lm / edited by Barry Keith Grant. — Second edition. pages cm — (Texas fi lm and media studies series) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-292-77137-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-292-77245-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Horror fi lms—History and criticism. 2. Sex role in motion pictures. 3. Women in motion pictures. I. Grant, Barry Keith, 1947– editor. II. Series: Texas fi lm and media studies series. pn1995.9.h6d74 2015 791.43'6164—dc23 2014031553 TT66559933..iinnddbb vvii 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM For Lila and Habib TT66559933..iinnddbb vviiii 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM And I’ve got no defense for it the heat is too intense for it what good would common sense for it do? ’C ause it’s witchcraft, wicked witchcraft, and although I know it’s strictly taboo when you arouse the need in me my heart says “yes indeed” in me “Proceed with what you’re leading me to” . . . “Witchcraft” Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh Music by Cy Coleman TT66559933..iinnddbb vviiiiii 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM Contents Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part One 1 When the Woman Looks Linda Williams 17 2 Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection Barbara Creed 37 3 Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film Carol J. Clover 68 4 The Monster and the Homosexual Harry M. Benshoff 116 Part Two 5 “It Will Thrill You, It May Shock You, It Might Even Horrify You”: Gender, Reception, and Classic Horror Cinema Rhona J. Berenstein 145 6 Bringing It All Back Home: Family Economy and Generic Exchange Vivian Sobchack 171 TT66559933..iinnddbb iixx 11//88//1155 22::2255::1111 PPMM
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