Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horror

by Kimberly Jackson

The "Post'" Defining Post-Patriarchy and Post-Feminism
1. Impossible Womanhood and Post-Feminist Hegemony in Bertino's The Strangers and Pierce's Carrie
2. Like Son, Like Tracing the Male Possession Narrative through Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, Koepp's Stir of Echoes, and Wan's Insidious and Insidious 2
3. Family Horror and Media Saturation in Verbinski's The Ring and Derrickson's Sinister
4. Returning to the Archaic Collet-Serra's Orphan, Muschietti's Mama, and Flanagan's Oculus
Conclusion

Genres: Nonfiction, Horror

232 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 2015

About the author

Kimberly Jackson is a kingdom inspirational Christian author, writer, and teacher known for her prophetic voice, timely, raw, and straight to the point messages. Such writings are visible in her creative works of poetry, devotionals, prophetic and inspirational books.

Shortly after renewing her vows back to God in 1995, the miracle of a hidden talent "the Writer's Pen" manifested in her life and is now blossoming and filling dark empty places with life changing kingdom sound messages of blessedness, salvation, healing, hope and deliverance.
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Reviews

[Kirsty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes I read academic essays for fun. Often they're not fun. But these ones are! Jackson's prose is readable without being too chatty, and the essays made me think about the films in a new way. Really enjoyed this. If you like the podcast Faculty of Horror, you'll love this book.

[marianne amelie · Rating 4 out of 5]

gonna dedicate my dissertation to this woman