Monstrosity and Horror
Below you will find a collection of my academic publications which center around monstrosity and horror studies.
Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader
Edited by Marina Levina and Diem-My T. Bui
Published by Bloomsbury Academic Press
Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader, edited by Marina Levina and Diem-My T. Bui, is a comprehensive anthology that explores how representations of monstrosity in contemporary media reflect and respond to societal anxieties in the 21st century. The collection examines how monsters in popular culture—such as vampires, zombies, aliens, and cyborgs—embody fears related to identity, technology, globalization, and social change.
Saving white women: vulnerability and the immobilized body in Don't Breathe (2016)
By Kyle Christensen and Marina Levina
Published in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Vol. 19, No. 3 (2022)
The journal article “Saving White Women: Vulnerability and the Immobilized Body in Don’t Breathe (2016)” by Kyle Christensen and Marina Levina examines how the horror film Don’t Breathe (2016) constructs and politicizes vulnerability through the lens of race, gender, class, and disability—focusing especially on the white female protagonist, Rocky.
Cultural Narratives of Blood
By Marina Levina
Published in Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academic to Zombies, 2011, edited by Robert Smith. Published by University of Ottawa Press
The book chapter “Cultural Narratives of Blood” by Marina Levina, from the anthology Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academics to Zombies, explores how cultural understandings of blood shape—and are shaped by—zombie narratives. It examines the symbolic, political, and social meanings of blood and connects them to widespread fears about infection, identity, and the body.