{"product_id":"no-more-chainsaws-feminist-criticism-and-the-new-wave-of-womens-horror-cinema-9781978824294","title":"No More Chainsaws: Feminist Criticism and the New Wave of Women's Horror Cinema","description":"\"Welcome to the Golden Age of Women-Directed Horror.\" Over the last fifteen years, there has been a sustained global influx of women artists working in mainstream and independent horror cinemas earning notable public and industry acclaim. As a result, now, for the first time in horror history, there is also a concentrated corpus of films that explicitly address topics of identity, sexuality, trauma, and monstrosity from women's perspectives. \u003ci\u003eNo More Chainsaws\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth analysis of some of the earliest and underrated releases within this New Wave of Women's Horror cinema: Catherine Hardwicke'\u003ci\u003esTwilight \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), Karyn Kusama's\u003ci\u003e Jennifer's Body\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), Jennifer and Sylvia Soska's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mary\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and Kimberly Peirce's \u003ci\u003eCarrie \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003ci\u003e No More Chainsaws \u003c\/i\u003earticulates the ways in which these contemporary films attempt to liberate horror from an over-determining gendered lexicon of violence and terror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Vena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.34w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978824294","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814427316361,"sku":"9781978824294","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c14d710a-3d24-4c95-961a-cb3150011eb7.jpg?v=1779824562","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/no-more-chainsaws-feminist-criticism-and-the-new-wave-of-womens-horror-cinema-9781978824294","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}