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245 00 a| Gothic heroines on screenh| [electronic resource] :b| representation, interpretation and feminist enquiry /c| edited by Tamar Jeffers McDonald and Frances Kamm.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Routledge,c| 2019.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Bluebeard's women fight back : the Gothic heroine in contemporary film and Heidi Lee Douglas's Little lamb / Gis©·le Baxter -- Bluebeard in the cities : the use of an urban setting in two 21st century films / Lawrence Jackson -- Blueprints from Bluebeard : charting the Gothic in contemporary film / Tamar Jeffers McDonald -- Impossible spaces : Gothic special effects and feminine subjectivity / Christina G. Petersen -- The certified accountant Gothic heroine : paranoia and the second woman / Guy Barefoot -- "But it's happening to you, Eleanor" : The haunting as a Buildingsroman / Johanna Wagner -- The Gothic in space : genre, motherhood and Aliens -- Frances A. Kamm -- The Gothic heroine out West : A town called Bastard / Lee Broughton -- Laughing at periods : Gothic parody in Julia Davis' Hunderby / Sarah McLellan -- There's a secret behind the door. And that secret is me. The Gothic reimagining of Agatha Christie's and then there were none / Katerina Flint Nicol -- East German Gothic : Kurt Maetzig's The rabbit is me / Dana Weber -- "I see, I see" : Goodnight mommy as Austrian Gothic / Lies Lanckman -- The Babadook, maternal Gothic and the "woman's horror film" / Paula Quigley.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Gothic Heroines on Screen explores the translation of the literary Gothic heroine on screen, the potential consequences of these adaptations and contemporary interpretations of the form. Each chapter illuminates the significance of this moving image mediation, relating its screen topics to their various historical, social, and geographical moments of production, while maintaining a focus on the key figure of the investigating woman. Many chapters - perhaps inescapably - delve into the point of adaptation: the Bluebeard story and du Maurier's Rebecca as two key examples. Moving beyond the Old Dark House that frequently forms both the Gothic heroine's backdrop and her area of investigation, some chapters examine alternative locations and their impact on the Gothic heroine; some leave behind the marital thriller to explore what happens when the Gothic meets other genres, such as comedy; while others travel away from the usual Anglo-American contexts to European ones. Throughout the collection the Gothic heroine's representation is explored within the medium which brings together image, movement and sound, and this technological fact takes on varied significance. What does remain constant, however, is the emphasis on the longevity, significance and distinctiveness of the Gothic heroine in screen culture"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 0 a| Heroines in motion pictures.=| ^A631636;

650 0 a| Women in motion pictures.=| ^A54881;

650 0 a| Gothic fiction (Literary genre)x| Film adaptations.=| ^A1042736;

650 0 a| Horror filmsx| History and criticism.=| ^A69759;

650 0 a| Women motion picture producers and directors.=| ^A74259;

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700 1 a| McDonald, Tamar Jeffers.=| ^A1152114;

700 1 a| Kamm, Francesq| (Frances Alice)=| ^A1384894;

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Gothic heroines on screen representation, interpretation and feminist enquiry / edited by Tamar Jeffers McDonald and Frances Kamm.

Other author	McDonald, Tamar Jeffers.
Other author	Kamm, Frances (Frances Alice)
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Description	pages cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects	Heroines in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures. Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--Film adaptations. Horror films--History and criticism. Women motion picture producers and directors.

Contents	Bluebeard's women fight back : the Gothic heroine in contemporary film and Heidi Lee Douglas's Little lamb / Gis©·le Baxter -- Bluebeard in the cities : the use of an urban setting in two 21st century films / Lawrence Jackson -- Blueprints from Bluebeard : charting the Gothic in contemporary film / Tamar Jeffers McDonald -- Impossible spaces : Gothic special effects and feminine subjectivity / Christina G. Petersen -- The certified accountant Gothic heroine : paranoia and the second woman / Guy Barefoot -- "But it's happening to you, Eleanor" : The haunting as a Buildingsroman / Johanna Wagner -- The Gothic in space : genre, motherhood and Aliens -- Frances A. Kamm -- The Gothic heroine out West : A town called Bastard / Lee Broughton -- Laughing at periods : Gothic parody in Julia Davis' Hunderby / Sarah McLellan -- There's a secret behind the door. And that secret is me. The Gothic reimagining of Agatha Christie's and then there were none / Katerina Flint Nicol -- East German Gothic : Kurt Maetzig's The rabbit is me / Dana Weber -- "I see, I see" : Goodnight mommy as Austrian Gothic / Lies Lanckman -- The Babadook, maternal Gothic and the "woman's horror film" / Paula Quigley.
Abstract	"Gothic Heroines on Screen explores the translation of the literary Gothic heroine on screen, the potential consequences of these adaptations and contemporary interpretations of the form. Each chapter illuminates the significance of this moving image mediation, relating its screen topics to their various historical, social, and geographical moments of production, while maintaining a focus on the key figure of the investigating woman. Many chapters - perhaps inescapably - delve into the point of adaptation: the Bluebeard story and du Maurier's Rebecca as two key examples. Moving beyond the Old Dark House that frequently forms both the Gothic heroine's backdrop and her area of investigation, some chapters examine alternative locations and their impact on the Gothic heroine; some leave behind the marital thriller to explore what happens when the Gothic meets other genres, such as comedy; while others travel away from the usual Anglo-American contexts to European ones. Throughout the collection the Gothic heroine's representation is explored within the medium which brings together image, movement and sound, and this technological fact takes on varied significance. What does remain constant, however, is the emphasis on the longevity, significance and distinctiveness of the Gothic heroine in screen culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018058030
ISBN	9781138710993 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781138711006 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Gothic heroines on screen representation, interpretation and feminist enquiry / edited by Tamar Jeffers McDonald and Frances Kamm.

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