THE MONSTROUS-FEMININE Film,feminism,Psychoanalysis -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Faces of the Monstrous-Feminine: Abjection and the Maternal -- Introduction -- 1 Kristeva, Femininity, Abjection -- 2 Horror And The Archaic Mother:Alien -- 3 Women As Possessed Monster:The Exorcist -- 4 Women As Monstrous Womb:The Brood -- 5 Women As Vampire:The Hunger -- 6 Women As Witch:Carrie -- Part II Medusa's Head: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Femme Castratrice -- Preface -- 7 'Little Hans' Reconsidered: Or The Tale Of Mother's Terrifying Widdler'
8 Medusa's Head: The Vagina Dentata And Freudian Theory -- 9 The Femme Castratrice: I Spit On Your Grave, Sisters -- 10 The Castrating Mother:Psycho -- 11 The Medusa's Gaze -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index
Summary
Most critical writings on horror films conceptualise woman as victim. Creed challenges this view with a feminist psychoanalytic critique, discussing films such as Alien, I Spit on Your Grave and Psycho
