Fist of the Spider Woman : : Tales of Fear & Queer Desire

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Call Number: Fiction / Dawn, Amber
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Dawn, Amber	4-week checkout	On Shelf

What are you afraid of? / Amber Dawn -- Slug / Megan Milks -- Postulation on the violent works of the Marquis de Sade / Elizabeth Bachinsky -- Further population on the violent works of the Marquis de Sade / Elizabeth Bachinsky -- Conspiracy of fuckers / Nomy Lamm -- Every dark desire / Fiona Zedde -- Homeland / Kristyn Dunnion -- In circles / Aurelia T. Evans -- Your Stockholm syndrome / Esther Mazakian -- Nascent fashion / Larissa Lai -- Sido / Suki Lee -- Crabby / Michelle Tea -- In your arms forever / Courtney Trouble -- Shark / KEstrel Barnes -- All you can be / Mette Bach -- Here lies the last lesbian rental in East Vancouver / Amber Dawn -- Fear of dying to the wrong song / Amanda Lamarche.
"Traditional horror has often portrayed female characters in direct relation to their sexual role according to men, such as the lascivious victim or innocent heroine; even vampy, powerful female villains, such as the classic noir 'spider women, ' use their sexual prowess to seduce and overwhelm married men. Fist of the Spider Woman is a revelatory anthology of horror stories by queer and transgressive women and others that disrupts reality as queer women know it, instilling both fear and arousal while turning traditional horror iconography on its head. In this collection, horror (including gothic, noir, and speculative writing) is defined as that which both titillates and terrorizes, forcing readers to confront who they are. Kristyn Dunnion's 'Homeland' reveals the horrors that lurk in your average night at a lesbian bar; Elizabeth Bachinsky's 'Postulation on the Violent Works of the Marquis de Sade' is a response to Sade from a feminist (yet kinky) perspective; and Amber Dawn's 'Here Lies the Last Lesbian Rental' is a paranormal fantasia about urban gentrification, set in a house rented by lesbians on the eve that it is sold to new owners. Subversive, witty, sexy--and scary--Fist of the Spider Woman poses two questions: 'What do queer women fear the most?' and 'What do queer women desire the most?'"

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