Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives

Andrew Hock Soon Ng is Associate Professor at Monash University Malaysia, where he teaches theories of authorship, contemporary fiction, and postcolonial literature. His publications include Dimensions of Monstrosity in Contemporary Narratives (2004), Interrogating Interstices (2008) and Intimating the Sacred (2011).

"Andrew Hock Soon Ng offers a boldly interdisciplinary take on postmodern gothic horror. His study moves deftly among a variety of psychoanalytic theories, studies of genre, and discussions of the social and psychological operation of space. His paired readings of Toni Morrison's Beloved with Valerie Martin's Property and of the films The Others and The Orphanage are particularly compelling." - James Krasner, Professor of English, University of New Hampshire, USA "Andrew Hock Soon Ng moves with authority through the densely populated terrain of gothic literature and film. His argument puts a range of theoretical approaches - psychoanalysis, architectural studies, gender theory and more - into conversation with each other, in a series of analyses that drew me into their details and also made me think again about big questions. His readings of works I thought I knew left me wanting to re-engage them, to think once more about the shaping power of sheer physical space in gothic fictions, and about the staying power of gothic in our collective imagination." - Donna Heiland, Emerson College, USA and author of Gothic and Gender: An Introduction

• Introduction: The Subject of the House in Gothic Narratives 1. Housing Treachery: Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop and Love 2. Housing the Unspeakable: Valerie Martin's Property and Toni Morrison's Beloved 3. Housing Secret Selves: William Friedkin's The Exorcist and Roman Polanski's Repulsion 4. Housing Melancholia: Alejandro Amenábar's The Others and Juan A. Bayona's The Orphanage Conclusion: Housing Redemption: Janice Galloway's The Trick is to Keep Breathing and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home