Misfit Sisters: Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage

by Sue Short

Book Overview

This timely study breaks new ground in exploring how recent film and television horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230000207
• ISBN13: 9780230000209
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"