She-Wolf
A Cultural History of Female Werewolves
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This edited volume brings together scholarly essays that trace the figure of the female werewolf through history, folklore, and cultural representation.
Contributors examine how female lycanthropy intersects with gender, sexuality, and social anxieties, and they situate female werewolves in both pre-modern and modern narratives.
The book explores different frameworks for understanding werewolf tales, including agricultural and domestic models that position the werewolf as either an outsider or an interior threat.
It also addresses cinematic and literary portrayals that play on gendered expectations and transformation imagery.
Overall, the collection highlights how the she-wolf figure reflects broader cultural concerns about women's bodies, agency, and transgression.
Contributors examine how female lycanthropy intersects with gender, sexuality, and social anxieties, and they situate female werewolves in both pre-modern and modern narratives.
The book explores different frameworks for understanding werewolf tales, including agricultural and domestic models that position the werewolf as either an outsider or an interior threat.
It also addresses cinematic and literary portrayals that play on gendered expectations and transformation imagery.
Overall, the collection highlights how the she-wolf figure reflects broader cultural concerns about women's bodies, agency, and transgression.
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