The Final Girl at the U.S.-Mexico Border
The Politics of Saving and Surviving in Undocumented (2010)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17711784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucia M Palmer (0000-0002-0099-5074, 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.2017.0010 |
| OpenAlex | W2894489166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
In the torture porn film Undocumented (Chris Peckover, 2010), protagonist Liz is a character descended from Carol J. Clover's Final Girl—she is forced to watch the torture and murder of her peers, while her wit and resilience help her survive. However, the body count surrounding Liz is not composed of sexually active white teenagers, but rather primarily of Mexican migrants. Using Undocumented as a case study, this piece argues for the continuing importance of Clover's analytical framework and of the Final Girl as a trope, but insists on taking her race, class, and nationality into account
Art · Girl · Human rights · Immigration · Literature · Nationality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Torture · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |