Men, Women, and Chain Saws : Gender in Modern Horror Film

from jen.e.moore

Clover's thesis is that, contrary to the dominant narrative about horror, the primary appeal is masochism: the viewer identifies with the victim far more often and more completely than with the mon...

from arod

One of the most exciting pieces of recent literary criticism if only because of her notion that the target audience of young males is vicariously identifying with the target girls. This reversal of...

from nervenet

A bit tedious and academic and I'm not sure the conclusions are as far-reaching as I'd like them to be, but some good food for thought nonetheless.

from jen.e.moore

Clover's thesis is that, contrary to the dominant narrative about horror, the primary appeal is masochism: the viewer identifies with the victim far more often and more completely than with the mon...

from arod

One of the most exciting pieces of recent literary criticism if only because of her notion that the target audience of young males is vicariously identifying with the target girls. This reversal of...