She-wolf

Name: She-wolf
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SKU: 9781526116895
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A cultural history of female werewolves

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She-wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf from medieval literature to modern film, television, and popular literature. Featuring contributions across disciplines, it examines folklore, history, witch trials, Victorian and young adult literature, film, and gaming. The book discusses religious and social contexts, colonialism, racial and gender identity constructions, corporeality, female body hair, sexuality, and violence, revealing how the female werewolf embodies complex cultural anxieties and enduring fascination.
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This book is suited to readers interested in cultural history, feminist studies, folklore, and interdisciplinary approaches to literature and media, particularly those studying gender and identity in popular culture.

She-Wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature.

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She-wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature. The book includes contributors from various disciplines and offers a cross-period, interdisciplinary exploration of a perennially popular cultural production.

The book covers material from the Middle Ages to the present day with chapters on folklore, history, witch trials, Victorian literature, young adult literature, film and gaming. Considering issues such as religious and social contexts, colonialism, constructions of racial and gendered identities, corporeality and subjectivity—as well as female body hair, sexuality and violence—She-wolf reveals the varied ways in which the female werewolf is a manifestation of complex cultural anxieties, as well as a site of continued fascination.

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Reviews praise She-wolf for challenging traditional werewolf literature by presenting the female werewolf beyond masculine archetypes and simplistic monstrous feminine interpretations. It offers a multifaceted portrayal that engages readers deeply. The volume is noted for its detailed historical, literary, cinematic, and folkloric insights, appealing especially to cultural historians, literature scholars, and film and media specialists.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526116895

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: 2 black & white illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Hannah Priest

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 376g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Hannah Priest is an Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University