This book traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of sociocultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive power. It examines the female maturation cycle and the archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of development in literature, art, film, and television with a particular focus on Latin American work.

Acknowledgments
Permissions
Introduction
Chapter One: Turning Back the Clock: "Modern" Virginities
Chapter Two: Breaking In vs. Breaking Out: Negotiating the Transition from Girlhood to Womanhood
Chapter Three: Maligned Mother(hood)s
Chapter Four: Fairy Tale Witches and Much More
Chapter Five: Life Isn't a Fairy Tale and I'm No Princess: The Case of Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Epilogue
Works Cited
Filmography
About the Author

Cristina Santos is associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University.