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Tables of Contents for The Monstrous-Feminine
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
vi
Acknowledgements
vii
Part I Faces of the Monstrous-Feminine: Abjection and the Maternal
Introduction
1
7
Kristeva, Femininity, Abjection
8
8
Horror and the Archaic Mother: Alien
16
15
Woman as Possesed Monster: The Exorcist
31
12
Woman as Monstrous Womb: The Brood
43
16
Woman as Vampire: The Hunger
59
14
Woman as Witch: Carrie
73
15
Part II Medusa's Head: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Femme Castratrice
Preface
87
1
`Little Hans' Reconsidered: or `The Tale of Mother's Terrifying Widdler'
88
17
Medusa's Head: The Vagina Dentata and Freudian Theory
105
17
The Femme Castratrice: I Spit On Your Grave, Sisters
122
17
The Castrating Mother: Psycho
139
12
The Medusa's Gaze
151
16
Bibliography
167
5
Filmography
172
6
Index
178