Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts: The Marginalized and the Monstrous

This book examines childbirth and parenting in horror texts. By analysing new texts, and re—analysing commonly used texts with new feminist methodology, this study provides a unique contribution to the fields of gender and horror studies. Focusing on horror fiction and film, this book reviews textual treatments of birth and motherhood, and how they differ from representations of fatherhood. Motherhood and birth are represented as revolting in several ways. Mothers in horror do not fulfil th...