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Volume 12, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 2042-1869
  • E-ISSN: 2042-1877

Abstract

(2010) could be read as a monstrous replication of a male-dominated society that sees women subordinated and exploited simply for their “otherness” to men. This article, however, argues that when a dynamic reading is performed, can be seen to question Hollywood’s dominant system of gender representation and should therefore be considered a feminist film. In dialogue with feminist theory, it will be claimed that by drawing attention to the artifice of cinema, Dupieux has delivered a feminine text that highlights and calls for change to inherently misogynistic codes and conventions present in traditional dominant cinema and society in general.

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Keyword(s): Dupieux; dynamic reading; feminist film theory; gender; horror; Rubber
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