Margrethe Bruun Vaage
The Female Avenger in Film and Television: Rape-Revenge and Women's Anger
The Female Avenger in Film and Television: Rape-Revenge and Women's Anger
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The Female Avenger, Women's Anger, and Rape-Revenge Film and Television explores the controversial nature of female rape survivors turned avengers in rape-revenge stories, focusing on a trend of contemporary rape-revenge films made by women directors. Vaage suggests that the reason some women filmmakers explore the rape-revenge convention is because it is about an emotion that is difficult for women, anger, and used to label women as difficult. The book offers a cultural and political analysis of contemporary rape-revenge films grounded in the psychological and philosophical study of the emotions.
Format: Hardback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2024
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
The Female Avenger, Women’s Anger and Rape-Revenge Film and Television examines the contentious nature of the female rape survivor turned avenger in rape-revenge stories. The focus is on a trend of contemporary rape-revenge film made by women directors. Vaage asks what it might mean for women in particular to watch female avengers, and suggests that the reason some women filmmakers explore the rape-revenge convention is because it is all about an emotion that is difficult for women, and used to label women as difficult, namely anger.
The central premise in this book is that understanding the emotions stirred up by this type of story is crucial in order to understand its recurring, controversial presence in popular culture, and also its potential value. Vaage offers a cultural and political analysis of contemporary rape-revenge film made by women grounded in the psychological and philosophical study of the emotions.
Weight: 474g
Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399532099
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