{"id":1288,"date":"2017-05-04T15:26:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2017-05-04T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:26:37","slug":"women-in-peril-or-final-girls-representing-women-in-gothic-and-horror-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/2017\/05\/04\/women-in-peril-or-final-girls-representing-women-in-gothic-and-horror-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Women-in-Peril or Final Girls? Representing Women in Gothic and Horror Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gothic Feminism presents:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Women-in-Peril or Final Girls? Representing Women in Gothic and Horror Cinema<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 24th May \u2013 Friday 26th May 2017<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

University of Kent<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gothic Feminism is a research project based at the University of Kent which seeks to re-engage with theories of the Gothic and reflect specifically upon the depiction of the Gothic heroine in film. The project raises questions of representation, interpretation and feminist enquiry in relation to the Gothic heroine throughout film history including present day incarnations. This project illuminates the concerns, contradictions and challenges posed by the Gothic heroine on-screen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This year’s 3 day conference will re-engage with discussions of gender within Gothic and horror cinema by directly comparing the two. What relationship does Gothic have to horror \u2013 or horror to the Gothic \u2013 in respect to female representation? What makes a Gothic heroine different from (or, indeed, similar to) female victims\/protagonists in horror films? What can we say about the centrality given to female performance in both these genres\/modes? Where does one draw the line between Gothic and horror in film? 2017 will mark 30 years since Mary Ann Doane published The Desire to Desire<\/span><\/em><\/span> and 25 years since Carol Clover published <\/span>Men, Women and Chainsaws<\/span><\/span><\/em>. This conference will also reflect upon the impact of seminal works on Gothic, horror and gender such as these within film theory. What do these works tell us about the relationship between Gothic and horror in respect to female representation? How do theories of the \u2018woman\u2019s film\u2019 and the \u2018Final Girl\u2019 relate to contemporary film theory and feminist criticism? Are these ideas still applicable to recent Gothic and horror films, and their heroines?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In addressing these questions this conference will underline the importance of female protagonists in Gothic and horror, within film history and contemporary cinema, and ask: are these characters women-in-peril or Final Girls, or both?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The keynote speaker shall be Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes (Manchester Metropolitan University) delivering a talk entitled: \u2018What Final Girls Did Next: Horror Heroines in the Age of Postfeminism\u2019. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A special screening of The Eyes of My Mother<\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0will also be taking place on Thursday 25th May at the Curzon in Canterbury with an introduction by our keynote. A special\u00a0ticket price is available for delegates; please see the details\u00a0before for further information.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Conference Information:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

For further information, the conference programme and details on the screening, please see: <\/span>https:\/\/gothicfeminism.com\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration for the conference is open and shall close on <\/span>Friday 12<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> May 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

To register, please visit: <\/span>http:\/\/store.kent.ac.uk\/product-catalogue\/faculty-of-humanities\/school-of-arts\/arts-events\/gothic-feminism-conference-2017<\/span><\/u><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

The conference fee is \u00a345 (waged) or \u00a325 (unwaged). The conference fee includes lunch and refreshments for the 3 days. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have any queries please contact us at: <\/span>gothicfeminism2016@gmail.com<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/gothicfeminism.com\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

@GothicFeminism <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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