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12. Blood Doubles: A Renegotiation of Sheridan le Fanu’s Carmilla on Film

verfasst von : Shelby Wilson

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Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Sheridan le Fanu’s 1872 lesbian vampire novella Carmilla has attracted so much scholarly attention that it comes as something of a surprise that the numerous film adaptations of the tale have received little to none. This essay analyzes the international archive of Carmilla adaptations, in particular those belonging to the genre of Euro horror, as a recuperation of the very themes and characteristics that negate their scholarly value: violence, sexually explicit content, low production budgets, and their supposed pandering to the male gaze and attack on lesbian subjectivity. As texts that queer traditional cinematic narrative, these films are revived as sites for a feminist recuperation of the horror film genre.

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Metadaten
Titel
Blood Doubles: A Renegotiation of Sheridan le Fanu’s Carmilla on Film
verfasst von
Shelby Wilson
Copyright-Jahr
2019
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05306-2_12