Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction

by June Michele Pulliam

Recent works of young adult fantastic fiction such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga have been criticized for glamorizing feminine subordination. But YA horror fiction with female protagonists who have paranormal abilities suggests a resistance to restrictive gender roles. The "monstrous Other" is a double with a difference, a metaphor of the Western adolescent girl pressured to embody an untenable doll-like feminine ideal. This book examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786475439
• ISBN13: 9780786475438
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher