X-Ray (1981), the Final Woman, and the Medical Slasher Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16714907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Murray Leeder (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Postmodern Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-1920 • E-ISSN: 1053-1920 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/pmc.2017.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W2893483425 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This essay discusses the declining academic and continued popular currency of Carol J. Clover's concept of the Final Girl, and examines the term through X-Ray or Hospital Massacre (1981), a film of the first slasher cycle with a more mature protagonist than most. It extends Clover's ideas by showing how X-Ray is heavily concerned with medical issues, in particular the Foucauldian "medical gaze." The titular X-ray becomes a structural model for the invasive, destructive gazes deployed throughout the film, both by its villain and by the medical environment itself
Art · Art history · Currency · Developmental psychology · Gaze · Girl · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Media Influence and Health · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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