Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Christopher J. Olson

Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema

CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Christopher J. Olson

236 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction horror challenging informative slow-paced

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Since the release of The Exorcist in 1973, there has been a surge of movies depicting young women becoming possessed by a demonic force that only male religious figures can exorcise, thereby saving the women from eventual damnation. This book cons...

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