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- Author : Carol J. Clover
- Binding : Paperback
- EAN : 9780691006208
- ISBN : 0691006202
- Label : Princeton University Press
- Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
- Manufacturer : Princeton University Press
- Number Of Pages : 276
- Package Dimensions : 0.70 inches (Height) x 9.10 inches (Length) x 0.85 pounds (Weight) x 6.00 inches (Width)
- Product Group : Book
- Publication Date : 1993-03-22
- Publisher : Princeton University Press
- SKU : 1469760
- Studio : Princeton University Press
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
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