{"product_id":"willful-monstrosity-9781476673448","title":"Willful Monstrosity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Taking in a wide range of film, television, and literature, this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspective with a marked emphasis on gender and race. The analysis, which covers over 70 narratives, is organized around four primary monstrous figures--zombies, vampires, witches and monstrous women. Arguing that the current horror renaissance is populated with willful monsters that subvert prevailing cultural norms and systems of power, the discussion reads horror in relation to topics of particular import in the contemporary moment--rampant sexual violence, unbridled capitalist greed, brutality against people of color, militarism, and the patriarchy''s refusal to die. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Examining ground-breaking films and television shows such as \u003ci\u003eGet Out, Us, The Babadook, A Quiet Place, Stranger Things, Penny Dreadful\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as works by key authors like Justin Cronin, Carmen Maria Machado, Helen Oyeyemi, Margo La\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Monster Matters\u003cbr\u003e1. Staying Woke in an Undead World\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: Lurching Engagements with Gender, Race and Class\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Eradicating Rape Culture ­Zombie-Style\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: The Hopeful Apocalypse and the Zombie Child\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Undead Conservativism: \"Legitimate\" Zombie Rape and \"Necessary\" War\u003cbr\u003e2. Draining the Imperialist White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: The Rise of the Vampire Activist\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: ­Post-Traumatic Vampire Disorder\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Ethical Vampirism\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Viral Vampires and Dystopian Futures\u003cbr\u003e3. Wicked Good\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: Revising Witch History\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Patriarchy Be Damned\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: ­Post-Millennial Fantasy and Fairy Tale Witches\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Conjuring Retribution\u003cbr\u003e4. Woman, Thy Name Is Monster\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: Gothic Monstrosity in Feminist Guise\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Get Out of My House! Banishing Systemic Monsters\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Gendered Discontent in 21st Century Creature Features\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Medusa Figures in ­Post-Millennial Horror\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Monster's Tools\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eFilm and Television Series\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040439402839,"sku":"9781476673448","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476673448.jpg?v=1750946751","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/willful-monstrosity-9781476673448","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}