Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters

摘要: In this examination of the monster as cultural object, Judith Halberstam offers a rereading monstrous that revises our view Gothic. Moving from nineteenth century and works Shelley, Stevenson, Stoker, Wilde to contemporary horror film exemplified by such movies "Silence Lambs," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Candyman," "Skin Shows" understands Gothic versatile technology, means producing monsters is constantly being rewritten historically culturally conditioned fears generated shared sense otherness difference.Deploying feminist queer approaches body, views broad-based phenomenon supports sustains economic, social, sexual hierarchies time. She resists familiar psychoanalytic critiques cautions against any interpretive attempt reduce affective power single factor. The nineteenth-century shown, for example, configuring an amalgam race, class, gender, sexuality. Invoking Foucault, describes history in terms its shifting relation body representations. As result, her readings texts are radically new. locates psychoanalysis itself within gothic tradition sees sexuality beast created literature. Excessive interpretability, argues, whether film, literature, or culture at large, actual hallmark monstrosity.