John Fawcett's ‹em›Ginger Snaps‹/em› / / Ernest Mathijs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mathijs, Ernest ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Canadian Cinema
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.) :; 15 b&w illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Prologue --; 1 Wolfer Grrrls --; 2 Morbid Sisters --; 3 Menstrual Monsters --; 4 Horror Heroines --; Epilogue --; Production Credits --; Further Viewing --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442668713; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442668713
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ernest Mathijs.

Few studies of Canadian cinema to date have engaged deeply with genre cinema and its connection to Canadian culture. Ernest Mathijs does just that in this volume, which traces the inception, production, and reception of Canada’s internationally renowned horror film, Ginger Snaps (2000). This tongue-in-cheek Gothic film, which centres on two death-obsessed teenage sisters, draws a provocative connection between werewolf monstrosity and female adolescence and boasts a dedicated world-wide fan base.The first book-length study of this popular film, John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps is based on the author’s privileged access to most of its cast and crew and to its enthusiasts around the world. Examining themes of genre, feminism, identity, and adolescent belonging, Mathijs concludes that Ginger Snaps deserves to be recognized as part of the Canadian canon, and that it is a model example of the kind of crossover cult film that remains unjustly undervalued by film scholars.