Imagining the worst: Stephen King and the representation of women

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Preface Introduction by Kathleen Margaret Lant and Theresa Thompson American Context and Constructions of the Female Cotton Mather and Stephen King: Writing/Righting the Body Politic by Ed Ingebretsen, S.J. Patriarchal Mediations of Carrie: Book, Movie, and the Musical by Douglas Keesey Rituals of Male Violence: Unlocking the (Fe)male Self in Gerald's Game by Thesesa Thompson Women and Genre Repulsive Attractions: The Raft, the Vagina Dentata, and the Slasher Formula by Leonard Cassuto Power of the Feminine and the Gendered Construction of Horror in Stephen King's The Reach by AndRE Decuir Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne: Stephen King and the Evolution of an Authentic Female Narrative Voice by Carol Senf Evil and Female Essence Oh Dear Jesus It Is Female: Monster as Mother/Mother as Monster in Stephen King's IT by Linda Anderson IT, A Sexual Fantasy by Karen Thoens Masculine Power and the Problem of the Female Body Cars and Girls: Sexual Power and Sexual Panic in Stephen King's Christine by Ed Madden Rape of Constant Reader: Stephen King's Construction of the Female Reader and Violation of the Female Body in Misery by Kathleen Margaret Lant Selected Bibliography of Works on Stephen King Index