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Men, women, and chain saws gender in the modern horror film /
Examining the popularity of low-budget cinema, particularly slasher, occult, and rape-revenge films, the author argues that, while such films have been traditionally understood as offering only sadistic pleasure to their mostly male audiences, in actuality they align spectators not with the male tor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First Princeton Classics edition. |
| Series: | Princeton classics.
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1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Summary: | Examining the popularity of low-budget cinema, particularly slasher, occult, and rape-revenge films, the author argues that, while such films have been traditionally understood as offering only sadistic pleasure to their mostly male audiences, in actuality they align spectators not with the male tormentor but with the females being tormented--particularly the slasher movie's "final girls"--Who endure fear and degradation before rising to save themselves.--Adapted from publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400866113 1400866111 |
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