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Maternal Horror Film

Melodrama and Motherhood

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Sarah Arnold

    1. University College Falmouth, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sarah Arnold
    Pages 1-36

  3. The Good Mother

    • Sarah Arnold
    Pages 37-67

  4. The Bad Mother

    • Sarah Arnold
    Pages 68-114

  5. A Comparative Analysis of Motherhood in Recent Japanese and US Horror Films

    • Sarah Arnold
    Pages 115-153

  6. Pregnancy in the Horror Film: Reproduction and Maternal Discourses

    • Sarah Arnold
    Pages 154-180

  7. Conclusion

    • Sarah Arnold
    Pages 181-184

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 185-206
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Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well as comparisons with the melodrama film, Arnold investigates the polarized images of monstrous and sacrificing mother.

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"Arnold draws upon a wide scope of theoretical writing in psychoanalysis and film studies to explore the parallels between the mother's position in horror and melodrama, while also investigating the differences between Western and Japanese psychological analyses of the mother-child bond through a series of close readings of 'transnational' films. The book will make a vital contribution to both women's and film studies." - Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • University College Falmouth, UK

    Sarah Arnold

About the author

Sarah Arnold is Lecturer in Film and Digital Media at University College Falmouth, UK. Her research interests include the history of the moving image, postmodernism and film, and women on film. She has presented at a number of international conferences, and recently contributed to the edited collection, Bound by Love (edited by Laura D'Amore). She has also written for the journal, Jura Gentium Cinema.

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