Victims and Survivors in the Rape-Revenge Narrative: A Comparison of Black Christmas (2019) and I May Destroy You (2020)

The rape-revenge narrative is fertile ground to explore and contextualize the experience of sexual violence and its aftermath. While typically a trope in genre films seen through the male gaze, female filmmakers are reclaiming this narrative. Two recent entries from female filmmakers into the canon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michaela Keating
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2022-12-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
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Online Access:https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/436