Getting the Final Girl Out of Get Out.

Get Out does not conform to the general expectations of horror films but instead plays with, inverts, and makes light of horror tropes. The slasher subgenre is a recognizable form that recurs in the public imaginary, but what we see in this film is repetition with a difference that reveals how recur...

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Publicado en:Women's Studies in Communication Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 323 - 340
Autor principal: Wilz, Kelly
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Organization for Research on Women & Communication Aug2021
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