Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition

by Carol J. Clover

Book Overview

From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s. Investigating the popularity of the low-budget tradition, Carol Clover looks in particular at slasher, occult, and rape-revenge films. Although such movies have been traditionally understood as offering only sadistic pleasures to their mostly male audiences, Clover demonstrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691166293
• ISBN13: 9780691166292
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"