SPAN0492A-F23
Patriarchy's Toxic Imagination
Patriarchy’s Toxic Imagination in Global Horror Cinema
What is toxicity and how is this linked to patriarchy and contemporary horror cinema? In this course we will analyze a number of movies in order to understand how the construction of female bodies as monsters is linked to toxic imagination and patriarchal values. Approaching toxicity from Mel Y. Chen’s perspective and using affect theory (e.g. Ahmed), we will delve into issues such as reproductive horror, trans horror, posthumanism, environmentalism, and religious horror. Among movies included: Huesera: The Bone Woman, 2023; Woman of the Photographs, 2023; Crimes of the Future, 2022; Culpa, 2022; Madres, 2021; Titane, 2021; Coven: Akelarre, 2020; Impetigore, 2019; Saint Maude, 2019; Bit, 2019; Mesmeralda, 2019; La casa lobo 2018; The Autopsy of Jane Doe, 2016; Prevenge, 2016; Antibirth, 2016; and Madre, 2016.
What is toxicity and how is this linked to patriarchy and contemporary horror cinema? In this course we will analyze a number of movies in order to understand how the construction of female bodies as monsters is linked to toxic imagination and patriarchal values. Approaching toxicity from Mel Y. Chen’s perspective and using affect theory (e.g. Ahmed), we will delve into issues such as reproductive horror, trans horror, posthumanism, environmentalism, and religious horror. Among movies included: Huesera: The Bone Woman, 2023; Woman of the Photographs, 2023; Crimes of the Future, 2022; Culpa, 2022; Madres, 2021; Titane, 2021; Coven: Akelarre, 2020; Impetigore, 2019; Saint Maude, 2019; Bit, 2019; Mesmeralda, 2019; La casa lobo 2018; The Autopsy of Jane Doe, 2016; Prevenge, 2016; Antibirth, 2016; and Madre, 2016.
- Term:
- Fall 2023
- Location:
- Library 201(LIB 201)
- Schedule:
- 11:15am-12:30pm on Monday, Wednesday (Sep 11, 2023 to Dec 11, 2023)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Course Modality:
- In-Person
- Instructors:
- Patricia Saldarriaga
- Subject:
- Spanish
- Department:
- Spanish (& Portuguese UG)
- Division:
- Languages
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- ART LNG
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- GSFS0492A-F23
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92636
- Subject Code:
- SPAN
- Course Number:
- 0492
- Section Identifier:
- A