They Sound Human: Crafting Post-Feminist Women in Contemporary Western/Horror

This thesis argues that the western/horror hybrid screenplay operates as a creative space that, activated by reconsiderations of craft, can benefit the female position and, in turn, contribute to a post-feminist conversation. My findings present structural and narrative guidelines that provide a contemporary writer a more informed position upon which to continue the sociological, cultural and gender-based conversation that my creative work engages.