Author: Mahoney2184@aol.com

  • Psychoanalytic-Feminist Study of American Slasher Film

    Woman as castrator: A psychoanalytic-feminist study of the castrating mother and Final Girl in the American slasher film. This dissertation will explore how the woman is portrayed as castrator in the American slasher film using the critical approach of psychoanalytic-feminism. This will be achieved by analysing the female character as castrating mother and Final Girl.