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Bodies, Bodies, and More Bodies: The Female Body in Horror Media

Sule, Jenna M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu168002650094862

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2023, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Popular Culture.
The horror genre is infamous for its representation of marginalized groups, such as women, people with disabilities, and people of color. Though this was most prominent in historical contexts, these negative images associated with marginalized groups are still heavily ingrained in the genre. Using Julie Krestvias' Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, this thesis focuses on how the genre's abject female bodies are villainized. Marginalized groups of women, such as Transgender, Fat, and Black women, are all treated as villains, with their bodies being the center of their evilness. Though their villainization is shown differently throughout the texts, they are still displayed as negative stereotypical images of the groups they belong to. Transgender women's bodies in horror have a focus on their masculinity, while Fat women are more closely connected to the idea of gluttony and sin. Black women, however, have limited appearances in horror, though what is displayed in horror has continued to be the same throughout film history.
Becca Cragin, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Jeffrey Brown, Ph.D (Committee Member)
74 p.
Gender Studies; Womens Studies
Horror; Female Body; Transgender Women; Fat Women; Black Women; Horror Films; Horror Video Game; Animation

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  • Sule, J. M. (2023). Bodies, Bodies, and More Bodies: The Female Body in Horror Media [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu168002650094862

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sule, Jenna. Bodies, Bodies, and More Bodies: The Female Body in Horror Media . 2023. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu168002650094862.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sule, Jenna. "Bodies, Bodies, and More Bodies: The Female Body in Horror Media ." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu168002650094862

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