{"product_id":"9781978824294-no-more-chainsaws","title":"No More Chainsaws","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeminist Criticism and the New Wave of Women's Horror Cinema\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Welcome to the Golden Age of Women-Directed Horror.\" Over the last fifteen years, there has been a sustained global influx of women artists working in mainstream and independent horror cinemas earning notable public and industry acclaim. As a result, now, for the first time in horror history, there is also a concentrated corpus of films that explicitly address topics of identity, sexuality, trauma, and monstrosity from women's perspectives. \u003ci\u003eNo More Chainsaws\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth analysis of some of the earliest and underrated releases within this New Wave of women's horror cinema: Catherine Hardwicke'\u003ci\u003es Twilight \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), Karyn Kusama's\u003ci\u003e Jennifer's Body\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), Jennifer and Sylvia Soska's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mary\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and Kimberly Peirce's \u003ci\u003eCarrie \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003ci\u003e No More Chainsaws \u003c\/i\u003earticulates the ways in which these contemporary films attempt to liberate horror from an overdetermining gendered lexicon of violence and terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57811700023670,"sku":"9781978824294","price":23.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41351565.jpg?v=1779340025","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781978824294-no-more-chainsaws","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}