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Freud's Uncanny

A psychological experience exploring the familiar made strange, revealing concealed truths.

Duality

The concept of the 'Double,' representing internal identities disrupting stability.

Robin Wood

A critic who applied Freudian analysis to American horror cinema.

Traditional narrative arc

Classical horror's cycle of order, monster, conflict, and restoration.

Cinematic cycle

The movement from containment to radical critique in 1960s-1970s horror film.

Douglas Kellner

Introduced a diagnostic method examining horror films as tools of cultural critique.

Post-1970s horror

Films reflecting societal failures and collective unease in contemporary American life.

I Walked With a Zombie

An early horror film that investigates themes of the uncanny.

Get Out

A contemporary horror example articulating anxieties about race and power.

Herman Gray

Analyzed how power dynamics about race appear in popular media.

Controlling images

Stereotypes that objectify marginalized groups, justifying their subordination.

Matrix of domination

Patricia Hill Collins' framework showing intersecting networks of oppression.

Situating knowledge

Understanding that knowledge is influenced by social position and context.

Simulacra

A representation that blurs the line between reality and fantasy in media.

Queer Theory

A dynamic academic project challenging rigid societal definitions of identity.

Performativity

Judith Butler's concept that gender is created through repeated actions.

Gayle Rubin

Argued that patriarchy is built on the historical exchange of women.

Anne-Fausto Sterling

Challenged the binary understanding of gender through social constructs.

Visual pleasure

Laura Mulvey's term for the objectification of women in cinema through the male gaze.

Oppositional gaze

The critical viewing by marginalized groups to resist stereotypical portrayals.

Bell Hooks

Criticized traditional feminist theories for not addressing racial dynamics.

Scopophilia

The pleasure derived from looking, often linked to voyeuristic tendencies.

Narcissism in spectatorship

The viewer's identification with the protagonist in cinema.

Cinema of attractions

Early films focusing on visual spectacle versus character-driven plots.

Mati Diop

Contemporary filmmaker challenging traditional representations of Black women.

Cinematic experience

The viewing practices shaped by diverse spectator interpretations.

Radical critique

The transformation of horror from enforcing order to questioning societal structures.

Cultural commentary

Horror films serving as reflections of societal norms and anxieties.