Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema

by Christopher J. Olson (Author), CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2016

  $96.16

  Films depicting demoniacally possessed women who can only be saved by male religious figures through exorcism rituals have been produced and released around the world. This book considers the history of exorcism cinema and how such films reinforce or challenge the traditional exorcism narrative.