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Final Girls, Feminism and Popular Culture

By Katarzyna Paszkiewicz , Stacy Rusnak

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030315221, 9783030315238
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-31523-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4879340 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XIV, 281\281
Time added
2020-08-30 06:11:09
Cultural and Media Studies; Genre; Culture and Gen

Description

This volume examines contemporary reformulations of the ‘Final Girl’ in film, TV, literature and comic, expanding the discussion of the trope beyond the slasher subgenre. Focusing specifically on popular texts that emerged in the 21st century, the volume asks: What is the sociocultural context that facilitated the remarkable proliferation of the Final Girls? What kinds of stories are told in these narratives and can they help us make sense of feminism? What are the roles of literature and media in the reconsiderations of Carol J. Clover’s term of thirty years ago and how does this term continue to inform our understanding of popular culture? The contributors to this collection take up these concerns from diverse perspectives and with different answers, notably spanning theories of genre, posthumanism, gender, sexuality and race, as well as audience reception and spectatorship.

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