Monstrous Motherhood: Summoning the Abject in 'The Babadook'

With reference to psychoanalytical theories and contemporary philosophy, Adolfo Aranjuez analyses Jennifer Kent's masterful horror film, examining its evocation of maternal anxiety, gender roles, grief and transgression.

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Film as Text, Australia, Australian, Gothic, psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, Julia Kristeva, Shelley Burger, Gaston Bachelard, New Momism, Adrienne Rich, parenthood, suburbia, sex, magic, monster