1. Introduction: Soft-Tissue Modification and the Horror Within
Frances E. Mascia-Lees and Patricia Sharpe
2. The Greatest Story (N)Ever Told: The Spectacle of Recantation
Helena Michie
3. Cinematic Gifts: The Moral and Social Exchange of Bodies in Horror Films
Louise Krasniewicz
4. Olfactory Constitution of the Postmodern Body: Nature Challenged, Nature Adorned
Colleen Ballerino Cohen
5. Vandalized Vanity: Feminine Physiques Betrayed and Portrayed
Anne Bolin
6. As You Stand, So You Feel and Are: The Crying Body and the Nineteenth-Century Text
Robyn R. Warhol
7. Torture: A Discourse on Practice
Ñacuñán Sáez
8. The Marked and the Un(re)marked: Tattoo and Gender in Theory and Narrative
Frances E. Mascia-Lees and Patricia Sharpe
Contributors