250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
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Routledge
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The grotesque - the exagggerated, the deformed, the monstrous - has been a well-considered subject for students of comparative literature and art. In a major addition to the literature of art, cultural criticism and feminist studies, Mary Russo re-examines the grotesque in the light of gender, exploring the works of Angela Carter David Cronenberg Bahktin Kristeva Freud Zizek. Mary Russo looks at... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Up There, Out There; Chapter 2 Female Grotesques; Chapter 3 Freaks, Freak Orlando, Orlando; Chapter 4 Twins and Mutant Women; Chapter 5 “From the Base Upward”; Chapter 6 Revamping Spectacle;
Biography
Mary Russo is Professor of Literature and Critical Theory at Hampshire College in Massachusetts.
