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Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives by A. Soon

Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives

The House As Subject

A. Soon, Andrew Hock Soon Ng

Palgrave Macmillan · Print & ebook · July 9, 2015

Moving away from traditional studies of Gothic domesticity based on symbolism, Soon instead focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it.

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A. Soon examines how domestic spaces leave material traces on human subjects.
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Gothic & Romance Lit Crit, Feminist Lit Crit, Horror Lit Crit
Published
Palgrave Macmillan, July 9, 2015

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About this book

Moving away from traditional studies of Gothic domesticity based on symbolism, Soon instead focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it. Approaching novels and films such as Beloved and The Exorcist , this study intersects psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and various spatial theories.

Domestic Space

A. Soon examines how domestic spaces leave material traces on human subjects.

Come here for

  • Material traces of domestic space
  • Approaches to Beloved and The Exorcist

Expect

  • A study beyond symbolic readings of Gothic domesticity
  • Psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and spatial theories

Where it sits

Gothic & Romance Lit Crit59%
Horror Lit Crit54%
Feminist Lit Crit43%

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Publisher categories

  • History of Science
Authors
A. Soon, Andrew Hock Soon Ng
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
July 9, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
History of Science