Reclaiming the Abject: Witchcraft and the Sacrificial Femininity in Suspiria. Issue 3 (23rd March 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Reclaiming the Abject: Witchcraft and the Sacrificial Femininity in Suspiria. Issue 3 (23rd March 2023)
- Main Title:
- Reclaiming the Abject: Witchcraft and the Sacrificial Femininity in Suspiria
- Authors:
- Burnsed, Dorian
- Abstract:
- Witchcraft has long been associated with expressions of femininity and womanhood. Suspiria, both 1977 and 2018 versions, provide vivid pictures of female bodies as sacrificial bodies bound and restrained by notions of monstrous femininity. The focus on the occult creates spaces wherein female characters find strength and healing through both displays of independence and interconnectedness to other women. These films, read through second- and third-wave feminisms, reveal the struggle to assert female empowerment in a male-dominated world.
- Is Part Of:
- Film matters. Volume 13:Issue 3(2022)
- Journal:
- Film matters
- Issue:
- Volume 13:Issue 3(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 13, Issue 3 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0013-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 104
- Page End:
- 113
- Publication Date:
- 2023-03-23
- Subjects:
- Suspiria -- witchcraft -- femininity -- abject -- feminism -- monstrous feminine
Motion pictures -- Periodicals
791.4305 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal, id=187/ ↗
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/index/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1386/fm_00253_1 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2042-1869
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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