The volume Final Girls, Feminism and Popular Culture, edited by Katarzyna Paszkiewicz (ADHUC—Universitat de les Illes Balears) and Stacy Rusnak (Georgia Gwinnett College) has been published. This book examines contemporary reformulations of the "Final Girl" within the fields of cinema, literature, and TV, focusing specifically on popular texts that emerged in the 21st century. The volume expands the debates on the figure of the "Final Girl" beyond the slasher subgenre and reflects on the way in which filmic narratives allow for the reconsideration of Carol J. Clover coined 30 years ago and how this trope still influences our understanding of feminism and popular culture. The contributions included in this collection deal with these concerns from diverse perspectives, and with different answers, within the theoretical frameworks of genre, posthumanism, gender, sexuality and race, as well as audicence reception and spectatorship. Scholars Andrea Ruthven (ADHUC—Universidad de Cantabria), Isabel Clúa (ADHUC—Universidad de Sevilla), Sara Martín (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Isabel Pinedo (Hunter College, CUNY), and Isabel Santaulària (Universitat de Lleida) have collaborated on this collection.
