Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786449616 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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David A. Andrews said indispensable. This book is great. It is comprehensive--that is its singular greatest accomplishment. It demonstrates the universality of the rape-revenge film globally and across high-low cultural strata. Its one defect is theorization: the theory of the genre is not convincing, such that the approach often comes across as a h. J F SMITH-SCHROERS said Fills a need. If you're building a library of Film books you should add this. It's more or less a study piece and not for casual reading, it takes it's subject seriously, and it's about time someone did. Not to say it is dry, only that it is not a "Pop-Art" piece.
"Fascinating." --Dread Central"Impressivewill stand the test of time as an integral reference for anyone interested in the genre." --Spectacular Optical
She publishes regularly in a number of international magazines, journals and books on horror film and related subjects. . Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an adjunct research fellow at the Institute of Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia
Only on such rare occasions as Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, John Boorman's Deliverance and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof has the rape-revenge movie transcended what is commonly assumed to be its intrinsically exploitative nature and moved into the mainstream. This critical overview reassesses that viewpoint by exploring a variety of themes, as well as the elements that this type of film has in common. Often considered the lowest depth to which the cinema can plummet, the rape-revenge film has been dismissed as exploitative and sensational, catering to a demented demographic. The author discusses an array of films directed by noteworthy directors from several countries, demonstrating that diverse and often contradictory treatments of sexual violence can exist simultaneously.