Writing Horror and the Body: The Fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice

by Linda Badley and Linda Badley

In this sequel to Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic, Badley examines horror fiction as a fantastic genre in which images of the body and the self are articulated and modified. Badley places horror fiction in its cultural context, drawing important connections to theories of gender and sexuality. As our culture places increasing importance on body image, horror fiction has provided a language for imagining the self in new ways--often as ungendered,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313297169
• ISBN13: 9780313297168
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"