Misfit sisters : screen horror as female rites of passage /

Misfit sisters : screen horror as female rites of passage /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Short, Sue, 1968-
Imprint:	Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Description:	xi, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Horror films -- History and criticism. Women in motion pictures. Horror films. Women in motion pictures. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6224661

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ISBN:	0230000207 (cloth) 9780230000209 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-190) and index. Includes filmography (p. 191-192).

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Telling Tales: Fairy Tales and Female Rites of Passage Narratives
Sex and the Final Girl: Surviving the Slasher
Maternal Monsters and Motherly Mentors: Failed Initiations in Carrie and Carrie II
Misfit Sisters: Female Kinship and Rivalry in The Craft and Ginger Snaps
Fighting Demons: Buffy, Faith, Willow and the Forces of Good and Evil
Demeter's Daughters: Wronged Girls and the Mother Avenger
Conclusion
Bibliography
Filmography
Index