Phallic Panic
Film, Horror and the Primal Uncanny
$65.75
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2005
Summary
The horror film has always been populated by male monsters, many of which do carry out monstrous acts of violation, rape and castration. The horror film is also filled with male monsters who grow fur, change shape, bleed and give birth. What is it that defines male monstrosity? How does the male monster differ from the female monster? Vampires, werewolves, cannibals and slashers—why do audiences find monsters in movies so terrifying?
In Phallic Panic, Barbara Creed ranges wid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522851724 |
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| ISBN-10: | 052285172X |
| Author: | Barbara Creed |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 140mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Barbara Creed
Barbara Creed is Professor of Cinema Studies and Head of the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. She is author of The Monstrous-feminine- Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis; Media Matrix- Sexing the New Reality and Phallic Panic- Film, Horror & the Primal Uncanny. She is also a well-known film critic and media commentator, and her writings on cinema have been translated into many languages for a range of international journals and anthologies.
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