From Shark Bait to final girl in filmic horror: Young women, killer sharks, and the Monstrous-Masculine
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Article Title | From Shark Bait to final girl in filmic horror: Young women, killer sharks, and the Monstrous-Masculine |
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ERA Journal ID | 11585 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hopkins, Susan |
Journal Title | Journal of Popular Culture |
Journal Citation | 56 (5-6), pp. 885-896 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0022-3840 |
1540-5931 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.13288 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpcu.13288 |
Abstract | This study examines filmic (mis)use of monstrous sharks as metaphors for exploring prey and predation, and how these films have incorporated postfeminist discourses around a symbolic overcoming of gendered violence. Research methods deployed include framing analysis of film narratives, dialogue and visual elements, including the key phrases and images used in the theatrical release posters and other promotional materials of shark attack horror films. The evolving shark horror film subgenre relies on common carefully constructed metaphors, narrative parallels, genre conventions and stylistic processes which not only convey gendered ideologies but build an entire contrived nightmare universe around human-shark interactions. |
Keywords | films |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470107. Media studies |
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Byline Affiliations | UniSQ College (Pathways) |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z24x1/from-shark-bait-to-final-girl-in-filmic-horror-young-women-killer-sharks-and-the-monstrous-masculine
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