{"product_id":"queer-slashers-hardcover-1","title":"Queer Slashers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Marra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Norman Bates dressed as \"Mother\" in \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e to the rouged cheeks of Leatherface in\u003ci\u003e The Texas Chainsaw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, many slasher icons have borne traces of queer and gender nonconforming behavior since the subgenre's very beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueer Slashers \u003c\/i\u003epresents the first book-length study of how and why the slasher subgenre of horror films appeals to queer audiences. In it, Peter Marra constructs a reparative history of the slasher that affirms its queer lineage extending back as early as the 1920s. It also articulates the queer aspects of the slasher formula that forge an unlikely kinship between queer audiences and these retrograde depictions of queer killers. Marra establishes a queer history and function for the slasher, analyzing several key contemporary \"queer slashers\"-that is, slashers that are made by queer filmmakers-to better understand how queer artists take up the slasher iconography and put it toward modern queer aims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing analysis of films such as John Waters's \u003ci\u003eSerial Mom\u003c\/i\u003e, Peaches Christ's \u003ci\u003eAll About Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, and Alain Guiraudie's \u003ci\u003eStranger by the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueer Slashers\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the queer meanings of slashers, their foundations, and their future possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Marra is Assistant Professor of Teaching in English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Wayne State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344265036025,"sku":"9780253071934","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ve7XvO97cf9780253071934_5d014fa3-d30a-4775-9165-124f70513690.webp?v=1769729479","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/queer-slashers-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}