The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture

This study delves into the renewed cultural and academic interest in rape-revenge films, a resurgence fueled by fourth-wave feminist activism and filmmaking in the wake of 2017's significant feminist campaigns, including the Women's March and #MeToo. While the rape-revenge canon has its ro...

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Autor: Enright, Alexandra
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Rape-revenge
Promising Young Woma
Feminism
MeToo
M.F.A
#MeToo
Filología
Philology
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spelling The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape CultureEnright, AlexandraRape-revengePromising Young WomaFeminismMeTooM.F.A#MeTooFilologíaPhilologyThis study delves into the renewed cultural and academic interest in rape-revenge films, a resurgence fueled by fourth-wave feminist activism and filmmaking in the wake of 2017's significant feminist campaigns, including the Women's March and #MeToo. While the rape-revenge canon has its roots in the 1970s, contemporary iterations signal a transformation in style, messaging, and reception, moving away from individual survivors' narratives towards a discourse of collective revolt. Utilizing a comparative lens, this research juxtaposes two seminal rape-revenge films, Promising Young Woman (2020) and MF.A (2017), to dissect how the rape-revenge narrative critiques a previously underrepresented setting: sexual violence on college campuses. Given the recency of these films, a scholarly gap exists in analyzing how they resonate with, and are shaped by, their socio-political contexts. This work aims to bridge this gap through a hybrid methodology that integrates visual, narrative, and feminist analyses, dissecting dimensions such as the embodiment of rape-revolt, the "nice guy alibí," and institutional complicity. Consequently, it unveils new opportunities for feminist filmmaking, theory, and activism.Máster Universitario en Estudios Norteamericanos (M157)Méndez García, Carmen María20232023-09-01master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/59764reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/597642026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
title The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
spellingShingle The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
Enright, Alexandra
Rape-revenge
Promising Young Woma
Feminism
MeToo
M.F.A
#MeToo
Filología
Philology
title_short The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
title_full The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
title_fullStr The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
title_full_unstemmed The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
title_sort The Promising Art of Feminist New Wave Cinema: Examining M. F. A. and Promising Young Woman in the Landscape of Contemporary Campus Rape Culture
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Enright, Alexandra
author Enright, Alexandra
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Méndez García, Carmen María
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Rape-revenge
Promising Young Woma
Feminism
MeToo
M.F.A
#MeToo
Filología
Philology
topic Rape-revenge
Promising Young Woma
Feminism
MeToo
M.F.A
#MeToo
Filología
Philology
description This study delves into the renewed cultural and academic interest in rape-revenge films, a resurgence fueled by fourth-wave feminist activism and filmmaking in the wake of 2017's significant feminist campaigns, including the Women's March and #MeToo. While the rape-revenge canon has its roots in the 1970s, contemporary iterations signal a transformation in style, messaging, and reception, moving away from individual survivors' narratives towards a discourse of collective revolt. Utilizing a comparative lens, this research juxtaposes two seminal rape-revenge films, Promising Young Woman (2020) and MF.A (2017), to dissect how the rape-revenge narrative critiques a previously underrepresented setting: sexual violence on college campuses. Given the recency of these films, a scholarly gap exists in analyzing how they resonate with, and are shaped by, their socio-political contexts. This work aims to bridge this gap through a hybrid methodology that integrates visual, narrative, and feminist analyses, dissecting dimensions such as the embodiment of rape-revolt, the "nice guy alibí," and institutional complicity. Consequently, it unveils new opportunities for feminist filmmaking, theory, and activism.
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