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This volume examines contemporary reformulations of the ‘Final Girl’ in film, TV, literature and comic, expanding the discussion of the trope beyond the slasher subgenre. Focusing specifically on popular texts that emerged in the 21st century, the volume asks: What is the sociocultural context that facilitated the remarkable proliferation of the Final Girls? What kinds of stories are told in these narratives and can they help us make sense of feminism? What are the roles of literature and media in the reconsiderations of Carol J. Clover’s term of thirty years ago and how does this term continue to inform our understanding of popular culture? The contributors to this collection take up these concerns from diverse perspectives and with different answers, notably spanning theories of genre, posthumanism, gender, sexuality and race, as well as audience reception and spectatorship.

Horror films --- Women in popular culture. --- Feminism and motion pictures. --- History and criticism. --- Motion pictures and feminism --- Motion pictures --- Popular culture --- Women --- Public opinion --- Film genres. --- Culture. --- Gender. --- Motion pictures. --- Genre. --- Culture and Gender. --- Film Theory. --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Genre films --- Genres, Film --- Motion picture genres --- History and criticism --- Social aspects --- Plots, themes, etc. --- Cinema de terror --- Dones en la cultura popular --- Feminisme i cinematografia --- Transhumanisme en els mitjans de comunicació de massa --- Història i crítica --- Cinematografia i feminisme --- Cinematografia --- Cultura popular --- Dones --- Films de terror --- Pel·lícules de terror --- Terror, Pel·lícules de --- Cinema de monstres --- Opinió pública