Boyle, K.E. (2001) What's natural about killing? Gender, copycat violence and Natural Born Killers. Journal of Gender Studies, 10(3), pp. 311-321. (doi: 10.1080/09589230120086511)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589230120086511
Abstract
With a lawsuit implicating Natural Born Killers in real-world violence still pending, the representation of violence in Oliver Stone's 1994 film remains a controversial issue. This article examines the gendering of violence - both in the film itself and in three of the most infamous 'copycat' cases - and demonstrates that the apparently gender-neutral term 'natural born killers' is used to disguise the normalisation of male violence on- and off-screen. While male violence is normalised, it is argued that representations of female violence emphasise transformation and undercut women's violent subjectivity through a re-positioning of women as erotic objects.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Boyle, Dr Karen |
Authors: | Boyle, K.E. |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies |
Journal Name: | Journal of Gender Studies |
ISSN: | 1465-3869 |
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