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  1. Critical Gender Studies Journal
  2. 2024, Volume 1
  3. Issue 1
  4. Female Monstrosity, Body and The Exorcist (1973)
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2025, Volume 2
2024, Volume 1
Issue 2
Issue 1
Editorial Introduction
The Position and Role of Women in the Private Sphere of the Slovene Counter-Revolutionary Camp
Swipe Right for Tradition: Decoding Gender Constructs in Modern Indian Matrimony through Media Representations
Digital Diasporas and Gendered Narratives: A Transnational Feminist Exploration of Americanah
Challenging Stereotypes: A Conversation Analysis Approach to Students’ Narratives about Gender
Female Monstrosity, Body and The Exorcist (1973)
“We will treat you well because you are helping our nation”: Migrant Wives and Functionalist Visions of Belonging in South Korea
Reading Between Worlds: Gendered Narratives in Fiction
Threads of Rebellion: Indigenous Gender Dynamics among Nahua, Purepecha, and Totonac women in the Mexico State, Mexico
Gender Deconstruction in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness

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Female Monstrosity, Body and The Exorcist (1973)

Content Provider Critical Gender Studies Journal
Author Kambli, Prachi
Copyright Year 2024
Abstract The present paper attempts to analyse the phenomenon of horror in relation to the female body. The study underscores the ubiquity of representations of female villainy seen across various cultures to understand how monstrosity is constructed and perceived. The study suggests that cultural manifestations of monstrosity often represent the fears, anxieties, and repressions regarding the female or the feminine. It argues that the female body perpetually exists in otherness. The study investigates the primary function of horror in order to call attention to the gendered channel of horror which necessitates the subjugation or brutalization of female characters in horror cinema. Furthermore, the paper also looks at the social implications of portraying recurring female ghosts in media and discusses the relationship between the male and female characters in horror. Alongside elaborating on female identity and its relation to horror, the paper analyses the condition of horror and monstrosity in the cult-classic film, The Exorcist. Deviating from its commonly studied elements, this research strives to identify and deconstruct how the film achieves monstrosity through the body of the female victim.
Ending Page 12
Starting Page 1
ISSN 30487293
Journal Critical Gender Studies Journal
Issue Number 1
Volume Number 1
Language English
Publisher Critical Gender Studies Network (CGSN)
Publisher Date 2024-05-19
Access Restriction Open
Rights Holder © 2024 by the author/s
Rights License Critical Gender Studies Network (CGSN), India. Distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
Subject Keyword William Friedkin Kristeva De Beauvoir Women in Horror Female Monsters Patriarchy Gender Roles
Content Type Text
Resource Type Article
Subject Gender Studies Cultural Studies
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