Considered a notorious subset of horror in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a massive revitalization and diversification of rape-revenge in recent years. This book analyzes the politics, ethics, and affects at play in the filmic construction of rape and its responses.
Autorentext
Claire Henry is a guest lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Inhalt
Introduction: Reapproaching Rape-Revenge 1. Remaking Rape-Revenge: The Last House on the Left (1972/2009) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978/2010) 2. The Postfeminist Trap of Vagina Dentata for the American Teen Castratrice 3. Rape, Racism, and Descent into the Ethical Quagmire of Revenge 4. The Shame of Male Acolytes: Negotiating Gender and Sexuality Through Rape-Revenge 5. Collective Revenge: Challenging the Individualist Victim-Avenger in Death Proof, Sleepers, and Mystic River Conclusion: Challenging the Boundaries of Cinema's Rape-Revenge Genre in Katalin Varga and Twilight Portrait
Titel
Revisionist Rape-Revenge
Untertitel
Redefining a Film Genre
Autor
EAN
9781137413956
ISBN
978-1-137-41395-6
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
16.10.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
3.04 MB
Anzahl Seiten
218
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch
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