Part I: Purgatorial Space 1.Particulate Matter: Miasma Theory, and Modern Horror. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock -- Professor of English, Central Michigan University, USA. 2.Damaged Daughters and Paternal Purgatories in Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Hellraiser: Deader: Paula Ashe -- Independent Scholar, USA. 3.Feminine Hauntological and Purgatorial Spaces in Silent Hill (1999) and Silent Hill 2 (2001): Rebecca Booth -- Independent Scholar, UK. 4.
Between Hell and Hel: Gender, History and Nature in Subterranean Spaces: Elana Gomel -- Visiting Fellow, Venice International University, Italy. 5.Betwixt and Between: Navigating the Liminal Spaces of Memory, Female Identity, and Trauma: Deborah G. Christie -- Lecturer, Colorado Technical University, USA. Part II: Daughters, Mothers, Trauma 6.Welcome to Hell: Liminal Spaces of Home and Hotel in American Horror Story: Gözde Erdogan -- Lecturer, Hacettepe University, Turkey.7. "Mother is God in the Eyes of a Child": Doppelgängers, Punishment and the Transgressive Mother in Silent Hill and Triangle: Catherine Pugh -- Independent Scholar, UK.
8.Representing Mental Health in the Silent Hill Franchise: Dawn Stobbart -- Lecturer, Lancaster University, UK. 9.Mother-Daughter Relationships in the Purgatorial Worlds of Pan's Labyrinth (del Toro: 2006) and Coraline (Selick: 2009): Jaime Segura San Miguel-- Lecturer, Complutense University, Spain. Part III: Female Development in Purgatorial Spaces 10."Eden wasn't a prison": The Female-Centered Purgatorial Space of Dollhouse: Erin Giannini -- Independent Scholar , USA. 11.Constructing (monstrous) female identities in liminal spaces in David Mitchell's Slade House: Taryn Tavener-Smith -- Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University, UK.
12.The Trauma We Inherit: Sister Night, Black Female Identity and the Parallel Racial Purgatory of Watchmen: Kevin Wetmore -- Professor, Theatre Arts, Loyola Marymount University, USA. 13."Into the Further We Go": Exploring Gender, World-building, and the Return of the Fantastic in the Insidious Franchise: Mark Adams -- Lecturer, Swindon College, UK. Part IV: Spaces of Female Resistance 14.Pray and Obey: The Horror (and Purgatory) of Religious Fundamentalism: Nicola Tyrell -- Independent Scholar, UK. 15."This Time I'll Get It Right": Purgatorial Time Loops as Contemporary Bildungsroman in Transmedia Fiction: Shawn Edrei -- Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
16.Purgatorial Worlds : Coded Outcry -Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale ( 1985), and The Testaments (2019): Gina Wisker -- Professor of Higher Education and Contemporary Literature, Brighton University, UK. 17.Tethered to Oppression: Race, Gender, and Underground Identity in Jordan Peele's Us: Natalie Wilson -- Professor of Women's Studies, California State University, USA.