Feminine boundaries: Adolesence, witchcraft and the supernatural in new gothic cinema and television

Tincknell, Estella

Abstract

The 'new gothic' film and television text addressed to a largely female audience such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight and True Blood, has become an important genre for the staging and testing out of ideas about adolesent femininity, sexuality and power. This essay explores the extent to which such texts can be seen as 'post-feminist' and considers the different kinds of boundaries involved.

• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2009
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Horror Zone: The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horror Cinema
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-151-1
• Keywords: horror, femininity, youth, media
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/990354
• Publisher URL: http://us.macmillan.com/horrorzone