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Maternal Horror Film

Melodrama and Motherhood
By:S. Arnold
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137014115
eText ISBN:9781137014122
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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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.