Table of Contents

Introduction The Body Fantastic Spectral Effects: Postmodern Ghosts Frankenstein's Progeny Deconstructions of the Gaze David Cronenberg's Anatomy Lessons Looking for the Mother in The Silence of the Lambs Afterword Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

Promotional Information

Drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism, and gender studies, Badley interprets horror film as a discourse of the body.

About the Author

LINDA BADLEY is Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University. She has published articles on fantasy, film, and gender. She is currently working on a book on the horror fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice.

Reviews

.,.".Badley makes a good case for the confluence of contemporary horror films and contemporary theorists of the body....she establishes an interesting relationship between the represented body in contemporary horror films and contemporay theoretical discourses on the body...offers interesting readings...largely useful as a reference tool."-Science-Fiction Studies

?....Badley makes a good case for the confluence of contemporary horror films and contemporary theorists of the body....she establishes an interesting relationship between the represented body in contemporary horror films and contemporay theoretical discourses on the body...offers interesting readings...largely useful as a reference tool.?-Science-Fiction Studies

?Badley carefully looks at the anatomy and significance of horror and its impact on concepts of the self. She extends her study beyond horror films and literature to the broad cultural landscape that encompasses music, art, and even childrens' toys and cereals...Her handling of popular culture is encyclopedic, even dense: her scholarly surgeries range from a postmodern deconstruction of Freud and his theories...through a precise analysis of the spectatorship of the horror film...?-Choice

...".Badley makes a good case for the confluence of contemporary horror films and contemporary theorists of the body....she establishes an interesting relationship between the represented body in contemporary horror films and contemporay theoretical discourses on the body...offers interesting readings...largely useful as a reference tool."-Science-Fiction Studies

"Badley carefully looks at the anatomy and significance of horror and its impact on concepts of the self. She extends her study beyond horror films and literature to the broad cultural landscape that encompasses music, art, and even childrens' toys and cereals...Her handling of popular culture is encyclopedic, even dense: her scholarly surgeries range from a postmodern deconstruction of Freud and his theories...through a precise analysis of the spectatorship of the horror film..."-Choice