Monsters Vs. Patriarchy: Toxic Imagination in Global Horror Cinema

Author:   Patricia Saldarriaga ,  Emy Manini
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 June 2025
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Monsters Vs. Patriarchy: Toxic Imagination in Global Horror Cinema


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Author:   Patricia Saldarriaga ,  Emy Manini
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781978838093


ISBN 10:   1978838093
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 June 2025
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface            1. The Toxic Imagination: A Continuous History in Patriarchal Societies                      2. Reproductive and Gendered Body Horror: Monstrous Misogyny                 3. A Phenomenological Approach to Hauntology: Ghost Abortion, Rapes, Femicides, Vigilance, and the Afterlife         4. The Coloniality of Cannibalism: Eating, Selling, and the Offerings of Racialized and Genderized Bodies                   5. The Body of the Witch: Corporal Punishment, Pedagogies of Cruelty, and Religious Delusion 6. Posthuman Monsters: Blurring the Borders of Humanity                                                      Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography   Filmography Index  

Reviews

""With the same far-reaching scope and incisive critical eye that they demonstrated in Infected Empires: Decolonizing Zombies, here Saldarriaga and Manini interrogate women, toxic imagination, and monstrosity in the horror film. The result is another tour de force."" -- Cynthia Steele * translator of Crónicas de la Nueva Esperanza / Chronicles of New Hope * ""Monsters vs. Patriarchy is an intelligent, politically charged exploration of global horror cinema, exposing how patriarchal power dehumanizes marginalized identities through 'toxic imagination.' Essential reading for those who see horror not just as entertainment, but as a lens, a weapon, and a force for radical resistance."" -- Angela Ndalianis * author of The Horror Sensorium: Media and the Senses *


Author Information

PATRICIA SALDARRIAGA is a professor of Luso-Hispanic studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. Among her publications, she is a coauthor of Infected Empires: Decolonizing Zombies (Rutgers University Press).  EMY MANINI is an independent scholar working in contemporary literature and culture of the Americas. She is based in Seattle, Washington. She earned her PhD in Spanish literature from the University of Washington in 2002. She is a coauthor of Infected Empires: Decolonizing Zombies (Rutgers University Press).

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