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  1. 1. Bad Bitch, White Witch : A Study of the Crossover Star Personas of Supermodel-Actors Devon Aoki and Abbey Lee

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Författare :Aléks J. Forsenberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Supermodel-actors; Stardom; Celebrity; Star personas; Devon Aoki; Abbey Lee; Action film; Horror film; Bodily capital; Whiteness; Asian stereotypes; Modelling; Supermodels; Fashion models;

    Sammanfattning : While it is very common for supermodels to make the occasional foray into cinematic performance, and some of them manage to turn these forays into full-time careers in acting, it is very rare that supermodel-actors are afforded any academic attention. This thesis seeks to change this through a case study of two supermodel-actors: Devon Aoki and Abbey Lee. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Tentakelterror : En ekokritisk läsning av novellerna ”Furierna från Borås” och ”Tre veckor av lycka” från Anders Fagers Samlade svenska kulter.

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Författare :Carolina Jansson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Anders Fager; Monster; Female monstrosity; Ecocriticism; Ecofeminism; Ecohorror; Ecogothic; Anders Fager; Monster; Kvinnlig monstruositet; Ekokritik; Ekofeminism; Ekogotik;

    Sammanfattning : In the following thesis, I intend to examine nature and the nature-motive in two short-stories, “The furies from Borås” and “Three weeks of happiness”, by the Swedish horror author Anders Fager. The purpose of the study is therefore to primarily illustrate how the monstrous is portrayed from an ecocritical perspective. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Fanny Berg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Shirley Jackson; queer reading; internalization; self-surveillance; heteronormativity;

    Sammanfattning : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Western Esotericism references in Dario Argento’s triology The Three Mothers

    Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Emilie Spagnoli; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Occultism; Esotericism; film critic; Steiner; feminine power; gender; Dario Argento; horror cinema; Suspiria; Inferno; The Mother of Tears;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to explore the influences and references, with a particular focus from occultism and western esotericism, found in the film trilogy of The Three Mothers directed by Dario Argento. The trilogy composed of Suspiria, Inferno and The Mother of Tears was produced in a timeframe of thirty years from 1977 to 2007, so it embeds three decades, it also reflects the willingness from the director to disconnect himself from the usual representation of supernatural and horror films of witches and power. LÄS MER

  7. 5. FEAR [Feminism, Emasculation, Anger & Rage]: En queerteoretisk filmanalys av American Horror Story: Cult

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Författare :Iris Landar Lygren; Freja Mikkelä; [2022-03-29]
    Nyckelord :Skräck; Filmvetenskap; Genusvetenskap; Maskulinitet; Alternativhögern; Manosfären;

    Sammanfattning : During the Trump-era we have seen an increase in political polarization. The alt-right movement has grown due to the normalization of extreme right-wing rhetoric and conspiracy theories. In relation to this the impact of the so called manosphere, and the toxic masculinity norms it stems from, has increased. LÄS MER