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Femicidal Fears

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In Femicidal Fears, Helene Meyers examines contemporary femicidal plots-plots in which women are killed or fear for their lives-to argue that these female Gothic novels of death actually bring the nuances of feminist thought to life. Through her examination of works by Angela Carter, Muriel Spark, Edna O'Brien, Beryl Bainbridge, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood, as well as such infamous cases as the Montreal Massacre and the Yorkshire Ripper, Meyers contends that these femicidal plots restage and embody feminist debates flattened by such glib and automatic phrases as "essentialism" and "victim feminism." Bringing the Gothic and the quotidian together in discussions of heterosexual romance, the sadomasochistic couple, female paranoia, postfeminism, and images of the female body, the book affirms that refusing victimization may not be a simple story, but it is nevertheless one worth telling.

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ISBN: 9780791451519
Publication date: 19th October 2001
Author: Helene Meyers
Publisher: SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 211 pages
Series: SUNY Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
Genres: Feminism and feminist theory
Gender studies: women and girls
Literature: history and criticism