Return of the Monstrous-Feminine - Feminist New Wave Cinema

This follow-up to the classic text of The Monstrous-Feminine analyses those contemporary films which explore social justice issues such as women-s equality, violence against women, queer relationships, race and the plight of the planet and its multi-species.

Examining a new movement - termed by Creed as Feminist New Wave Cinema - The Return of the Monstrous-Feminine explores a significant change that has occurred over the past two decades in the representation of the monstrous-feminine in visual discourse. The Monstrous-Feminine is a figure in revolt on a journey through the dark night of abjection. Taking particular interest in women directors who create the figure of the Monstrous-Feminine, in cinema that foregrounds everyday horrors in addition to classic horror, Creed looks at a range of diverse films including The Babadook, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Nomadland, Carol, Raw, Revenge, and the television series The Handmaid-s Tale. These fi