Wholly ambivalent demon-girl
Horror, the uncanny and the representation of feminine adolescence in Lucrecia Martel's La niña santa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12699227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Martins (0000-0002-3673-8766, University of Bath, corresponding author), Deborah Martin |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-76 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1469-9524 • E-ISSN: 1470-1847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14701847.2011.589213 |
| OpenAlex | W2068502699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article develops existing critical perspectives on Lucrecia Martel's La niña santa, in the light of recent theoretical debates on childhood and cinema. In particular, it focuses on the film's evocation of childhood experience, especially the portrayal and evocation of feminine adolescence, which can be understood within the framework of (feminist engagements with) the Freudian uncanny. This film can be seen as engaging in a dialogue with horror and its hegemonic uses of the child- or adolescent girl-figure, as well as refusing the allegorical uses of the child common to Latin American cultural production. The article redresses a critical ‘blind spot’ around queer understandings of the film which complement a focus on surface both evocative of childhood experience and negatory of futurity and representation
Aesthetics · Alterity · Ambivalence · Art · Demon · Developmental psychology · Evocation · Freudian slip · Girl · Hegemony · Literature · Movie theater · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Queer · Representation (politics · Sociology · Uncanny · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |