dc.contributor.author | Hill, Krista | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-01T11:56:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-01T11:56:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-09-01T11:56:42Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72178 | |
dc.description.abstract | Contemporary Western zombie narratives have become overrun with the little girl zombie. This figure exists in a liminal space: its function in the narrative is difficult to pinpoint because—even as monster—it is often treated more like a human child. Using Jack Halberstam’s analysis of monstrous bodies and Lee Edelman’s discussion of the figural Child, I explore the function of the little girl zombie, adding to the existing scholarly studies of Monstrous Children in film, television, and literature. The Monstrous Child is a site in which to play out the repressed desire to destroy the embodiment of the figural Child, a desire that—because the child embodies the highly valued innocence and futurity associated with childhood—is simultaneously dangerous and yet cathartic. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Gothic | en_US |
dc.subject | Contemporary Literature | en_US |
dc.subject | Film | en_US |
dc.subject | Monsters | en_US |
dc.subject | Zombies in literature | en_US |
dc.subject | Monstrous Children | en_US |
dc.subject | Unscene | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-Choice | en_US |
dc.subject | Save the Child Discourse | en_US |
dc.subject | The Figure of the Child | en_US |
dc.subject | Walking dead (Television program) | en_US |
dc.subject | World War, 1939-1945 | en_US |
dc.subject | Dead Rising | en_US |
dc.subject | Lee Edelman | en_US |
dc.subject | Steven Bruhm | en_US |
dc.subject | Judith Halberstam | en_US |
dc.subject | Abjection | en_US |
dc.subject | Uncanny | en_US |
dc.subject | Zombie television programs | |
dc.subject | Horror films | |
dc.title | Are You Hungrier Than a Fifth Grader? The Rise of the Monstrous Child in The Walking Dead | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.date.defence | 2016-08-31 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of English | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Lyn Bennett | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Jason Haslam | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Anthony Enns | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Karen Macfarlane | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Lyn Bennett | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |