Misfit Sisters

Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage

By: Sue Short

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Hardcover | 1 January 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Misfit Sisters assesses female characterization in recent screen horror, examining how a female rite of passage can be seen to operate in such texts as Scream, The Craft, Ginger Snaps and The Ring. Drawing parallels with folk tales it evaluates the trials female protagonists undergo in their journey to womanhood, arguing that the focus given to female characters and experiences, the powers they are given, and the ways in which they are tested demand that the genre be critically re-appraised.

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Published: 31st October 2006

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Preface
Introduction
Telling Tales: Fairy Tales and Female Rites of Passage Narratives
Sex and the Final Girl: Surviving the Slasher
Maternal Monsters and Motherly Mentors: Failed Initiations in Carrie and Carrie II
Misfit Sisters: Female Kinship and Rivalry in The Craft and Ginger Snaps
Fighting Demons: Buffy, Faith, Willow and the Forces of Good and Evil
Demeter's Daughters: Wronged Girls and the Mother Avenger
Conclusion
Bibliography
Filmography
Index
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Misfit Sisters

Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage

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