Lesbians, nymphomaniacs, and enema specialists: nurses, horror, and agency
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Harmes, Marcus K., Harmes, Meredith A. and Harmes, Barbara. 2021. "Lesbians, nymphomaniacs, and enema specialists: nurses, horror, and agency." Harmes, Marcus K., Harmes, Barbara and Harmes, Meredith A. (ed.) The Nurse in Popular Media: Critical Essays. Jefferson, United States. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 200-213
| Chapter Title | Lesbians, nymphomaniacs, and enema specialists: nurses, horror, and agency |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 8273 |
| 2605 | |
| Book Title | The Nurse in Popular Media: Critical Essays |
| Authors | Harmes, Marcus K. (Author), Harmes, Meredith A. (Author) and Harmes, Barbara (Author) |
| Editors | Harmes, Marcus K., Harmes, Barbara and Harmes, Meredith A. |
| Page Range | 200-213 |
| Chapter Number | 14 |
| Number of Pages | 14 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publisher | McFarland & Company, Inc. |
| McFarland Publishers | |
| Place of Publication | Jefferson, United States |
| ISBN | 9781476684185 |
| 9781476645469 | |
| Web Address (URL) | https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-nurse-in-popular-media/ |
| Abstract | Nursing is the healing profession, established by Florence Nightingale on high-minded principles, to comfort and treat the sick. Films of her life and career, especially in the wards at Scutari, made in 1915, 1936 and 1951 showed her as this source of comfort (see Richard Bates’s chapter in this collection). Similarly, hospitals are (or should be) places of safety and healing. What therefore are the messages to taken from those media texts, primarily films, which situate menace not only among the ranks of the nursing profession but in the putatively safe spaces of hospitals? Pursuing these points, and focusing on the unsettling juxtaposition of the horrific and the healing, this chapter examines instances of horror where nurses, nursing and places of healing become sites of horror. It takes examples from English-language film and television productions extending from the 1970s to the present. |
| Keywords | horror cinema; exploitation films; nursing; |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430304. British history |
| 360501. Cinema studies | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | USQ College |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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