Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in Modern Horror Film
Before Men, Women, and Chain Saws, most film critics assumed that horror (especially slasher) films entail a male viewer sadistically watching the plight of a female victim. Carol Clover argues convincingly that both male and female viewers not only identify with the victim, but experience, through the actions of the "final girl, " a climactic moment of female power. As the Boston Globe writes, Men, Women, and Chain Saws "challenges simplistic assumptions about the relationship between gender and culture. . . [Clover] suggests that the 'low tradition' in horror movies possesses positive subversive potential, a space to explore gender ambiguity and transgress traditional boundaries of masculinity and femininity. " Be forewarned, though: Clover addresses an academic audience, so her language can be heavy going. Related title: The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film by Barry Keith Grant Author(s): Carol J. Clover. Binding Paperback. Publisher(s): Princeton University Press. Label: Princeton University Press.
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| Author : | Carol J. Clover |
| Brand : | Princeton University Press |
| Format : | Paperback |
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