Looking at the how the werewolf has been interpreted by anthropologists, psychologists and criminologists, the author explores the werewolf's appearance across a number of popular forms, from film to graphic novels. The author looks at the roots of the myth and at its appearance in Gothic horror, at ideas of "the beast within" and Freud's "wolf-man" to representations of criminality, wolf imagery in Nazism, the "body horror" films of the 1980s and finally, to the werewolf's revival in contemporary fantasy.
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‘Now, Chantal Dourgault du Coudray has provided a fascinating study of this enduring figure, paying particular attention to the werewolf’s shifting and complex relationship with notions of selfhood, gender and nature.’ - FILM INTERNATIONAL, Vol.6 2008
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Chantal Bourgault du Coudray is Lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of Western Australia.
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This book is excellent! It is a perfect blend of academia and theory without going overboard- du Courdray enlightens readers with many issues and themes while covering werewolf lore. Everything from feminism to Jung- Very useful and easy to read- an engrossing and fascinating study! I started it this morning and just finished reading it tonight!- Usually too much theory makes my head dizzy- but du Coudray's clear-cut and easy to follow theories were wonderful! This is a perfect book and will help me with future study--- AND gave me insightful ideas useful for my PhD dissertation. Thanks!!!!
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I've written a few conference papers on werewolves, and Chantal Bourgault du Coudray's book has become my go-to guide for getting started--or at least one of them. It's a serious academic work with plenty of citations to literary and film sources, and it's also very accessible. I bought a copy and it's worthwhile for academics and fans alike.
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A werewolf is a human being who changes into a wolf. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
female werewolves, werewolf superstition, werewolf theme, male werewolf, werewolf films, werewolf myth, werewolf stories, comparative mythologists, psychic detective, modern fantasy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sergeant Bertrand, The Book of Were-wolves, Weird Tales, First World War, Little Red Riding Hood, Wagner the Wehr-Wolf, Wild Man, New Age, Edward Tylor, Sabine Baring-Gould, Seabury Quinn, Slavoj Zizek, Tanith Lee, John Fiske, Jules de Grandin, Margaret Brundage, Oliver Reed, Primitive Culture, Reynolds's Miscellany, Second World War, Teenage Werewolf New!
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Sergeant Bertrand, The Book of Were-wolves, Weird Tales, First World War, Little Red Riding Hood, Wagner the Wehr-Wolf, Wild Man, New Age, Edward Tylor, Sabine Baring-Gould, Seabury Quinn, Slavoj Zizek, Tanith Lee, John Fiske, Jules de Grandin, Margaret Brundage, Oliver Reed, Primitive Culture, Reynolds's Miscellany, Second World War, Teenage Werewolf New!
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