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Unbecoming Female Monsters Cristina Santos

Unbecoming Female Monsters By Cristina Santos

Unbecoming Female Monsters by Cristina Santos


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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.

Unbecoming Female Monsters Summary

Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins by Cristina Santos

Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins is a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary work that traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of socio-cultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive powers. This book examines the female sexual maturation cycle and the various archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of sexual development as seen in literature, art, film, television, and popular culture. Recommended for scholars of Latin American studies, literature, cultural studies, women and gender studies, popular culture, and film studies.

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Cristina Santos takes an uncompromising and, at times, deeply poignant view of the sacrifices women are forced to make on a daily basis in order to conform to the constricting and largely male-dominated narratives which shape the society in which they live. With tremendous care and fascinating insight she dissects the cultural language and imagery of the female monster to reveal and recover the means by which this process can be broken down, the chains shaken off and women can un-become the monsters they have been made. -- Rob Fisher, Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Cristina Santos's Unbecoming Female Monsters offers an incisive examination of female embodiment and the monstrous woman. Organized in chapters that address various stages of the female life cycle, Santos reads the commodification of female sexuality and reproduction in relation to three key tropes: witch, vampire, and virgin. Drawing on fairy tales, mythology, literature, film, and television, Santos considers how women's designation as monster has deleterious effects on females' ability to form productive relationships with self and other. Arguing that a positive reappropriation of female-ness can dismantle such constructions, Santos makes a compelling case for unbecoming the monster. -- Natalie Wilson, California State University, San Marcos

About Cristina Santos

Cristina Santos is associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University.

Table 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

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NLS9781498529655
9781498529655
1498529658
Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins by Cristina Santos
New
Paperback
Lexington Books
2018-10-15
204
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