DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/5RY9-NM13
Author ORCID Identifier
orcid.org/0000-0001-6472-9237
Defense Date
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Photography and Film
First Advisor
Sasha Waters Freyer
Second Advisor
Paul Thulin
Third Advisor
Sonali Gulati
Abstract
Through the lens of the horror film and the fairy tale, this thesis explores the notion of the grotesque as a boundary phenomenon—a negotiation of what is self and what is other. As such, it locates the function that the monstrous and the grotesque have in the formation of a personal and social identity. In asking why we take pleasure in the perverse, I explore how permutations of guilt, victimhood, and desire can be actively rewritten, in order to construct a stable sense of self.
Rights
© Katya Yakubov
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-11-2017
Included in
Feminist Philosophy Commons, Film Production Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Visual Studies Commons