Tonight, I’m releasing the second part of the interview with Michelle Satchwell. Michelle analyses Martyrs and its contribution to the horror genre but she also uses it as a reference for the role of women in torture horrors. Moreover, she talks about advertisements and gender roles in the 80s, and how females have been portrayed, could have been portrayed and how that has affected the present. Last but not least, she talks about the representation of ethnic minorities and non-binary people in the film industry and what potentially the future holds.
Feminism References
Evolutionary Psychologists (no specific names), they focus on reproductive success in mate selection in humans.
Tuchman (1978) Symbolic annihilation (narrow range of roles for females).
Glascock (2001) Leading female characters (e.g. Lara Croft).
Bristol Fawcett Society (2008) Imbalance in media representation.
Ferguson (1983) Forever feminine; focusing on womens’ magazines and the cult of feminity. Women focus on “him, home and looking good (for him)”.
Johnson and Young (2002) Impact of advertising on children.
McRobbie and Garber (1976) Bedroom culture.
Heidensohn (1985) Social Control of women and crime.
Westwood (1999) Transgression and Gender. “Transgressive female roles that go beyond gendered expectations”.
Gauntlett (2008) The representation of gender roles in the media. “Do the traits of the characters challenge conventional masculinity?”
Julia Kristeva (1980) Powers of Horror: An essay on Abjection.
Freud (1905) Psychosexual stages of development (Pre-Oedpial stage).
Frieda-Fromm-Reichmann (1984) Schizophrenogenic mother theory.
Further References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Media Representations of women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette
https://www.waterstones.com/author/sallie-westwood/8084
Sociological key terms:
Liberal
Marxist
Radical
Black Feminists
Desensitised
Patriarchy
Agency
Power and Control
Malestream Criminology
White Knight / Saviour Complex
Male Gaze
Vicarious Reinforcement
Toxic Masculinity
Myth of Male Power (Strong)
Halo Effect
Heteronormative
Social Norms
Interactionism
Pluralist View (Reflects Taste of Audience)
Gatekeepers (Stakeholders)
Double Deviant
Takers of Shit
Dual Burden
Idealised Mother
Myth of Motherhood
Chivalry Thesis
Meritocracy
False-class Conscious
Ageism
Fatphobic
Cultural Homogenisation (of Western Individualist Views)
Cross-Cultural Research
Transgressive Sociology