Gender, Supernatural Beings, and the Liminality of Death: Monstrous Males/Fatal Females examines representations of the supernatural dead to demonstrate shifts in the manifestation of gender. Including readings of East Asian detectives/cyborgs, Iranian vampires, and African zombies, among others, This collection offers a multi-faceted look at myth, legend, and popular culture representations of the gendered supernatural from a broad range of international contexts. The contributors show that, as creatures pass through the liminal space of death, their new supernatural forms challenge cultural conceptions of gender, masculinity, and femininity.

Contributions by: Sarah Stang, F.C. Fenton, Matt Coward-Gibbs, Rebecca Gibson, Alexander Claman, Agustín Fuentes, Victor Hernández-Santaolalla, Bethan Michael-Fox, Amy Nichols-Belo, Lev Nikulin, Chelsi Slotten, Devorah Snively, James M. VanderVeen, Holly Walters, Gillian Wittstock