"In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body. With close ref…
"In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body. With close re…
"This book will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers of American Studies, Women's Studies and Women's History."--BOOK JACKET.
Contemporary philosophical concern about our notion of rationality is, not surprisingly, largely preoccupied with issues of relativism -- with the possibility that what is true or reasonable might be relative to particular cultures or periods of time. Relativism is a major chall…
