Willful Monstrosity

<p> Taking in a wide range of film television and literature this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspective with a marked emphasis on gender and race. The analysis which covers over 70 narratives is organized around four primary monstrous figures--zombies vampires witches and monstrous women. Arguing that the current horror renaissance is populated with willful monsters that subvert prevailing cultural norms and systems of power the discussion reads horror in relation to topics of particular import in the contemporary moment--rampant sexual violence unbridled capitalist greed brutality against people of color militarism and the patriarchy's refusal to die. </p><p> Examining ground-breaking films and television shows such as <I>Get Out Us The Babadook A Quiet Place Stranger Things Penny Dreadful</I> and <I>The Passage</I> as well as works by key authors like Justin Cronin Carmen Maria Machado Helen Oyeyemi Margo Lanagan and Jeanette Winterson this monograph offers a thorough account of the horror landscape and what it says about the 21st century world.</p>