{"product_id":"9798216365716","title":"Supernatural Mothers and Wombs of Discontent Exploring Horror's Deviant Reproductions","description":"\u003ch3\u003eResearch in Horror Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSupernatural Mothers and Wombs of Discontent\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eExploring Horror's Deviant Reproductions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRuth Barratt-Peacock | Lorna Piatti-Farnell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ Genres \/ Horror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn interdisciplinary and international roster of contributors discuss the womb and the mother as separate sources of supernatural reproduction in horror media, arguing that the alchemy of pregnancy and birth warrants a sustained examination of supernatural motherhood in diverse contexts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom television shows like \u003ci\u003eWandaVision\u003c\/i\u003e and films like \u003ci\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) to novels like Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e and Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e, contributors analyze a variety of horror media texts, identifying and unpacking key themes including the monstrous feminine, gynae horror, and magical motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs narratives foregrounding the Othering of the mother figure emerge from these texts on a broader scale, the volume ultimately brings these wide-ranging explorations together to interrogate motherhood as an expression of systemic power relations, positing that the supernatural functions as a foil against which the social constructions of birth, birthing, and motherhood may be reconsidered and perhaps even redefined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRuth Barratt-Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e is an Australian literary studies scholar and musicologist.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216365716\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340021710988,"sku":"9798216365716","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_429a8800-b57b-4d42-9834-c235d60ad2a8.jpg?v=1788034969","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216365716","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}