Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horror
Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horror is the first book-length project to focus specifically on the ways that patriarchal decline and post-feminist ideology are portrayed in popular American horror films of the twenty-first century.
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Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horr or
Kimberly Jackson
GENDER AND THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY HORROR Copyright © Kimberly Jackson 2016
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-53677-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978-1-349-56155-1 E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-137-53275-6 DOI: 10.1057/9781137532756 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Jackson, Kimberly, 1975– Title: Gender and the nuclear family in twenty-first century horror / by Kimberly Jackson. Description: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015020331 | ISBN 9781137536778 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Horror films—United States—History and criticism. | Motion pictures—History—21st century. | Family in motion pictures. | Sex role in motion pictures. Classification: LCC PN1995.9.H6 J25 2015 | DDC 791.43/6164—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015020331 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Contents
List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The “Post” Era: Defining Postpatriarchy and Postfeminism
1
1 Impossible Womanhood and Postfeminist Hegemony in Peirce’s Carrie and Bertino’s The Strangers
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2 Like Son, Like Father: Tracing the Male Possession Narrative through Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, Koepp’s Stir of Echoes, and Wan’s Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2
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3 Family Horror, Media Saturation, and the Phenomenon of True Crime in Derrickson’s Sinister
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4 Returning to the Archaic Mother: Collet-Serra’s Orphan, Muschietti’s Mama, and Flanagan’s Oculus
129
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