Monstrosising infertility : supernatural barren females in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

2013
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dc.abstract.enThe representation of an infertile woman as a monster has been long present in the cultural history of the world. The inability to bear children was well established as one of the main characteristics in the construction of the monstrous female already in ancient times and the Middle Ages. Although it is occasionally argued that the figure of the infertile woman has lost its monstrous face in the contemporary culture of the West, it does not seem to be so. This chapter considers the notions of (in)fertility in the famous Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer as determining the construction of monstrous and human femininities. While Barbara Creed places sexuality as the key to understand the monstrous in the feminine, Meyer’s saga takes it one step further, narrowing the sexuality factor to the inability of giving birth to a child. In consequence, infertile females are constructed as abject, monstrous and transgressors as theorised by Barbara Creed, Christine Bousfield, Julia Kristeva and Linda H. McGuire. Fertility and motherhood, on the other hand, are depicted as thoroughly humanpl
dc.affiliationWydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych : Instytut Amerykanistyki i Studiów Polonijnychpl
dc.contributor.authorStasiewicz-Bieńkowska, Agnieszka - 185955 pl
dc.contributor.editorStasiewicz-Bieńkowska, Agnieszka - 185955 pl
dc.contributor.editorGraham, Karenpl
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-18T14:36:41Z
dc.date.available2015-02-18T14:36:41Z
dc.date.issued2013pl
dc.description.additionalBibliogr. s. 158-159pl
dc.description.physical151-160pl
dc.description.publication0,5pl
dc.description.seriesAt the Interface. Evil Hub
dc.identifier.eisbn978-1-84888-202-7pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/3187
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
dc.pubinfoOxford : Inter-Disciplinary Presspl
dc.rights.licenceBez licencji otwartego dostępu
dc.subject.enmonstrous femininitypl
dc.subject.eninfertilitypl
dc.subject.enfemale sexpl
dc.subject.enTwilightpl
dc.subject.enfemale vampirespl
dc.subject.enfemale shape-shifters.pl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleMonstrosising infertility : supernatural barren females in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyerpl
dc.title.containerMonstrous manifestations : realities and the imaginings of the monsterpl
dc.typeBookSectionpl
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dc.abstract.enpl
The representation of an infertile woman as a monster has been long present in the cultural history of the world. The inability to bear children was well established as one of the main characteristics in the construction of the monstrous female already in ancient times and the Middle Ages. Although it is occasionally argued that the figure of the infertile woman has lost its monstrous face in the contemporary culture of the West, it does not seem to be so. This chapter considers the notions of (in)fertility in the famous Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer as determining the construction of monstrous and human femininities. While Barbara Creed places sexuality as the key to understand the monstrous in the feminine, Meyer’s saga takes it one step further, narrowing the sexuality factor to the inability of giving birth to a child. In consequence, infertile females are constructed as abject, monstrous and transgressors as theorised by Barbara Creed, Christine Bousfield, Julia Kristeva and Linda H. McGuire. Fertility and motherhood, on the other hand, are depicted as thoroughly human
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych : Instytut Amerykanistyki i Studiów Polonijnych
dc.contributor.authorpl
Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska, Agnieszka - 185955
dc.contributor.editorpl
Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska, Agnieszka - 185955
dc.contributor.editorpl
Graham, Karen
dc.date.accessioned
2015-02-18T14:36:41Z
dc.date.available
2015-02-18T14:36:41Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2013
dc.description.additionalpl
Bibliogr. s. 158-159
dc.description.physicalpl
151-160
dc.description.publicationpl
0,5
dc.description.series
At the Interface. Evil Hub
dc.identifier.eisbnpl
978-1-84888-202-7
dc.identifier.uri
http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/3187
dc.languagepl
eng
dc.language.containerpl
eng
dc.pubinfopl
Oxford : Inter-Disciplinary Press
dc.rights.licence
Bez licencji otwartego dostępu
dc.subject.enpl
monstrous femininity
dc.subject.enpl
infertility
dc.subject.enpl
female sex
dc.subject.enpl
Twilight
dc.subject.enpl
female vampires
dc.subject.enpl
female shape-shifters.
dc.subtypepl
Article
dc.titlepl
Monstrosising infertility : supernatural barren females in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
dc.title.containerpl
Monstrous manifestations : realities and the imaginings of the monster
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