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She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves (Paperback)

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By Hannah Priest (Editor)
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Description


She-wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature. The book includes contributors from various disciplines, and offers a cross-period, interdisciplinary exploration of a perennially popular cultural production. The book covers material from the Middle Ages to the present day with chapters on folklore, history, witch trials, Victorian literature, young adult literature, film and gaming. Considering issues such as religious and social contexts, colonialism, constructions of racial and gendered identities, corporeality and subjectivity - as well as female body hair, sexuality and violence - She-wolf reveals the varied ways in which the female werewolf is a manifestation of complex cultural anxieties, as well as a site of continued fascination.

About the Author


Hannah Priest is an Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University

Product Details
ISBN: 9781526116895
ISBN-10: 1526116898
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: June 2nd, 2017
Pages: 240
Language: English