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postgraduate thesis: Post-9/11 American gothic family in The hills have eyes duology and Twilight saga
Title | Post-9/11 American gothic family in The hills have eyes duology and Twilight saga |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Tsang, W. [曾煒豪]. (2012). Post-9/11 American gothic family in The hills have eyes duology and Twilight saga. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4839507 |
Abstract | 9/11 attacks open the 21st Century into the fear of the Other, which is coincidentally at the core of the Gothic tradition. In post-911 Gothic texts, the tension of Self and Other can be seen from the gothic family (representing homeland and country) and the gothic monster (representing foreign, dangerous intruder) respectively. This essay is a close study of two sets of Hollywood films dealing with such tension - Twilight saga and The Hills Have Eyes duology. It is argued, with Foucault’s notion of Power/Knowledge, that such Hollywood gothic productions further create and hence reinforce the fear of, but not suppress, the Other. The 21st Century Gothic genre is therefore no longer subversive, but appropriated to educate the unaware public. |
Degree | Master of Arts |
Subject | Gothic revival (Literature) - United States. Horror films - United States - History and criticism. Monsters in motion pictures. |
Dept/Program | Literary and Cultural Studies |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/177285 |
HKU Library Item ID | b4839507 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Tsang, Wai-ho. | - |
dc.contributor.author | 曾煒豪. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Tsang, W. [曾煒豪]. (2012). Post-9/11 American gothic family in The hills have eyes duology and Twilight saga. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4839507 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/177285 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 9/11 attacks open the 21st Century into the fear of the Other, which is coincidentally at the core of the Gothic tradition. In post-911 Gothic texts, the tension of Self and Other can be seen from the gothic family (representing homeland and country) and the gothic monster (representing foreign, dangerous intruder) respectively. This essay is a close study of two sets of Hollywood films dealing with such tension - Twilight saga and The Hills Have Eyes duology. It is argued, with Foucault’s notion of Power/Knowledge, that such Hollywood gothic productions further create and hence reinforce the fear of, but not suppress, the Other. The 21st Century Gothic genre is therefore no longer subversive, but appropriated to educate the unaware public. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.source.uri | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48395079 | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gothic revival (Literature) - United States. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Horror films - United States - History and criticism. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Monsters in motion pictures. | - |
dc.title | Post-9/11 American gothic family in The hills have eyes duology and Twilight saga | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b4839507 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Arts | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Literary and Cultural Studies | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_b4839507 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991033863419703414 | - |