In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body. With close reference to a number of classic horror films including the Alien trilogy, The Exorcist and Psycho, Creed analyses the seven 'faces' of the monstrous-feminine: archaic mother, monstrous womb, vampire, witch, possessed body, monstrous mother and castrator. Her argument that man fears woman as castrator, rather than as castrated, questions not only Freudian theories of sexual difference but existing theories of spectatorship and fetishism, providing a provocative re-reading of classical and contemporary film and theoretical texts.
發表於2024-12-27
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圖書標籤: 電影理論 電影研究 電影 電影 女性主義 女性主義 女性 horror
Overall farfetched, Freud的部分比Creed的過度解讀更有意思
評分the notion of the abject and its representation on the feminine monster. But the author fails to explore further the very notion of representation.
評分the notion of the abject and its representation on the feminine monster. But the author fails to explore further the very notion of representation.
評分比Dumas寫得清晰多瞭
評分the notion of the abject and its representation on the feminine monster. But the author fails to explore further the very notion of representation.
The Monstrous-Feminine 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載