Slashing the Sisterhood? Women’s Authorship and the Postfeminist Politics of Early Teen Slasher

2026/04/03 by Daniel Sheppard · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Autobiographical and Biographical Writing #Posthumanist Ethics and Activism

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/10509208.2026.2647712

openalex publication_date 2026/04/03 · openalex created_date 2026/06/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

Women on both sides of the camera have long been instrumental to the slasher film’s success. The extent of their vital contributions often remain overlooked, however, as woman writers and directors...

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