Unbecoming Female Monsters - Witches, Vampires, and Virgins

This book traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of sociocultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive power. It examines the female maturation cycle and the archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of development in literature, art, film, and television with a particular focus on Latin American work.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Permissions
Introduction
Chapter One: Turning Back the Clock: "Modern" Virginities
Chapter Two: Breaking In vs. Breaking Out: Negotiating the Transition from Girlhood to Womanhood
Chapter Three: Maligned Mother(hood)s
Chapter Four: Fairy Tale Witches and Much More
Chapter Five: Life Isn't a Fairy Tale and I'm No Princess: The Case of Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Epilogue
Works Cited
Filmography
About the Author

About the author

By Cristina Santos

Summary

This book traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of sociocultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive power. It examines the female maturation cycle and the archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of development in literature, art, film, and television with a particular focus on Latin American work.

Product details

• Authors: Cristina Santos, Santos Cristina
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498529631
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2963-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Latin American Gender and Sexu; Latin American Gender and Sexualities; Latin American Gender and Sexualities
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Latin America, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Folklore, myths & legends, Literary studies: general, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)