Day of the Woman: Judges 4-5 as Slasher and Rape Revenge Narrative
In Judges 4 and 5, Jael viciously murders the Canaanite general Sisera with a tent peg to the head. This article approaches the text through horror, with particular reference to the slasher film and the rape-revenge film. Drawing on Carol Clover's landmark Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2018]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Jahr: 2018, Band: 30, Heft: 3, Seiten: 193-205 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bibel. Richter 4-5
/ Jael, Biblische Person
/ Sisera, Biblische Person
/ Frau
/ Sexueller Missbrauch
/ Heldin (Motiv)
/ Vergewaltigung (Motiv)
/ Rache (Motiv)
/ Splatterfilm
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion HB Altes Testament |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Final Girl
B Rape B Horror B Yael B Clover B Carol B Revenge B Jael B Judges 5 B slasher B Judges 4 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In Judges 4 and 5, Jael viciously murders the Canaanite general Sisera with a tent peg to the head. This article approaches the text through horror, with particular reference to the slasher film and the rape-revenge film. Drawing on Carol Clover's landmark Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Horror Film, I argue that Jael should be read as a "Final Girl" who triumphs over the villainous Sisera. The article further suggests that because of the strong suggestion of sexual violence and Sisera as rapist, Judges 4 and 5 also invokes the genre of the rape-revenge film. Jael thus becomes the avenging female survivor. These parallels to horror illuminate the complex intersections of gender, ethnicity, and audience identification. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2017-0016 |