Monstrous Femininity is a theoretical construct in Gothic fiction that identifies the portrayal of female characters as transgressive agents whose defiance of patriarchal norms manifests through bodily, sexual, or psychological excess, thereby inciting horror and signifying cultural anxieties about gender and power.
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2017–2026
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The Female Grotesque: Risk, Excess and Modernity
Celia Marshik · Modernism/modernity · 1995 · 379 citations
Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection
Barbara Creed · Screen · 1986 · 338 citations
The monstrous-feminine film, feminism, psychoanalysis
1993 · 221 citations
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- MFMarilyn Francus
2 publications · 49 citations
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- JRJulie Rose
1 publications · 13 citations
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
2 h-index
2 publications
22 citations
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
2 h-index
2 publications
156 citations
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
49 citations
University of Denver
Denver, United States
2 h-index
3 publications
127 citations
York University
Toronto, Canada
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2 publications
53 citations
University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
25 citations
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, United Kingdom
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1 publications
11 citations
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
14 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 10 publications · 547 citations
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- Journal of Gender Studies
3 publications · 44 citations
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- The Modern Language Review
3 publications · 63 citations
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- Signs
3 publications · 116 citations
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- Feminist Media Studies
3 publications · 276 citations
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