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    Happily never after: reality, fantasy, and cultural dissonance in rape-revenge horror cinema

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    Abstract
    This thesis examines the "ultra-low brow" exploitation films of rape-revenge horror in order to locate the cultural discourses inherent in all cultural artifacts. The films follow a two-part, formulaic narrative wherein a young woman is stalked, raped, and either killed or left for dead. The result of the first half of the films dictate their second halves. If the woman lives she takes personal revenge on her assailants and if she does not her parents become avengers in her stead. The genre itself provides fertile ground for examination as a number of generic conventions and archetypes are ...
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    Author(s)
    Kaye, Bradley

    Advisor(s)
    Chung, Hye Seung

    Date Issued
    2014
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    born digital; masters theses
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