Since the 1970s, the 'slasher' movie, with its violence towards women and the surviving 'final girl', has been a constant presence in the horror genre to the delight of some and the perplexed dismay of others. Traditional academic approaches to the genre have tended to make assumptions about who is watching these films and why. This article uses a Jungian-inflected approach to reconsider the potential meaning of the genre, suggesting that the violence in the films is less an exhortation to violence against women, but rather a representation of women's experience of patriarchy, with the 'final girl' as a figure of resistance. The article also considers the meaning of the more contemporary 'final girl as perpetrator' slasher films. Since the 1970s, the 'slasher' movie, with its violence towards women and the surviving 'final girl', has been a constant presence in the horror genre to the delight of some and the perplexed dismay of others. Traditional academic approaches to the genre have tended to make assumptions about who is watching these films and why. This article uses a Jungian-inflected approach to reconsider the potential meaning of the genre, suggesting that the violence in the films is less an exhortation to violence against women, but rather a representation of women's experience of patriarchy, with the 'final girl' as a figure of resistance. The article also considers the meaning of the more contemporary 'final girl as perpetrator' slasher films.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2014
توصيف ظاهري
108-119
عنوان
International Journal of Jungian Studies
شماره جلد
6/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1940-9060
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اصطلاح موضوعی
feminism;
اصطلاح موضوعی
film theory;
اصطلاح موضوعی
final girl;
اصطلاح موضوعی
horror;
اصطلاح موضوعی
Jung;
اصطلاح موضوعی
slasher movie;
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