Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives

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Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives

Author	: A. Soon
File Size	: 52,7 Mb
Publisher	: Springer
Language	: English
Release Date	: 29 April 2016
ISBN	: 9781137532916
Pages	: 246 pages

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Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives by A. Soon Book PDF Summary

Moving away from traditional studies of Gothic domesticity based on symbolism, Soon instead focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it. Approaching novels and films such as Beloved and The Exorcist , this study intersects psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and various spatial theories.

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