An examination of strategies employed by female protagonists to confront victimhood in domestic noir

An examination of strategies employed by female protagonists to confront victimhood in domestic noir

This research examines how the female protagonists of domestic noir shed their victimhood and regain their agency, exploring how the concepts of female victimhood, female violence and female agency are portrayed in domestic noir. As domestic noir is a relatively new subgenre that emerged in 2012, th...

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Main Author: Samarawickrama, Gajasinghe Hewatalagahage Isuru Enakshi
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
femininities; masculinities; female victimhood; female villainy; violence; gender performance; gender performativity; womanliness as a masquerade
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/72911/

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