Undergraduate Honors Thesis

 

Boundaries of the Self: Abjection and Identity in Horror Cinema Public Deposited

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  • The effectiveness of the horror genre derives from its ability to simultaneously subvert and reinforce the hallmarks of cultural mores, communicating which values should be socially upheld and which should be discouraged. While this is typically communicated through the dichotomous notion of the “self” and the “other” - separate entities that convey the generic conventions of good/evil and moral/immoral, these roles are occasionally complicated and expressed through one being. Using Julia Kristeva’s influential essay, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, as a basis for analysis, this thesis will consider how the formation of identity is impacted in horror films when characters experience physical alterations that relegate them to an amalgamated condition of “self” and “other.”

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  • 2021-04-07
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