scholarly journals ‘I Wasn’t Born with Enough Middle Fingers’: How low-budget horror films defy sexual m orality and heteronormativity in Bollywood

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Sen
Keyword(s):  
Small Towns ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
Horror Films ◽  
Male Sexuality ◽  
Moral Order ◽  
Sexual Morality ◽  
Rural Market ◽  
Actual Content ◽  
Canonical Literature ◽  
The Relationship

Queen’s UniversityIn the early 1980s the Ramsay Brothers gave Bollywood a new genre of monster flicks with blockbusters like Purana Mandir, Hotel, and Veerana. Following the work of the Ramsay Brothers, low-budget horror films that were made exclusively for the small towns and rural market increased in the decades of 1980s and 1990s. These films are primarily known for their unintentional humor owing to poor production and acting, but they have never been acknowledged for their actual content. This article argues that Bollywood low-budget films fulfilled the basic function of horror movies—that is, they subverted mainstream moral order and sexual morality. These films opened up space for dialogues that the mainstream cinema had totally neglected; particularly, in the areas of incest, female lust, ‘othering’ of male sexuality, and transgendered identities. On a different register, the relationship between low-budget horror films and mainstream Bollywood can be compared to folklore and canonical literature, where folklore repeatedly resists the conformities endorsed by the mainstream prescriptive texts.

The voice of others: Identity, alterity and gender normativity among gay men in Israel

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erez Levon
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Male Sexuality ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice

AbstractThis article presents an analysis of a slang variety, called oxtšit, as it is described and used by a cohort of gay men in Israel. Unlike many previous analyses of gay slang, I argue that the men described do not use the variety to help construct and affirm an alternative gay identity, but rather that they use it as a form of in-group mockery through which normative and nonnormative articulations of Israeli gay male sexuality are delineated. It is suggested that this discussion has implications for sociolinguistic understandings of “groupness” more broadly, and particularly the relationship between macro-level social categories (like “gay”) and individual lived experience. (Gay slang, Israel, vari-directional voicing, identity/alterity)*

Living Dead: Fearful Attractions of Film

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Lowenstein
Keyword(s):  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Horror Films ◽  
Temporal Relations ◽  
Historical Understanding ◽  
Living Dead ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Relationship

This essay analyzes the relationship between fear and film by exploring the theoretical concept of "attractions" and its value for a historical understanding of three seminal American horror films directed by George A. Romero: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Land of the Dead (2005), and Diary of the Dead (2008). All three films belong to the same "Living Dead" series, so the essay focuses especially on their shared temporal relations to historical trauma through issues of deferral, belatedness, and retranscription.

Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Glennan
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Mechanistic Explanation ◽  
Logical Empiricist ◽  
Mechanical Philosophy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Actual Content ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practice Of Science

The past twenty years have seen a resurgence of philosophical interest in mechanisms, an interest that has been driven both by concerns with the logical empiricist tradition and by the sense that a philosophy of science that attends to mechanisms will be more successful than traditional alternatives in illuminating the actual content and practice of science. In this chapter, the author surveys some of the topics discussed by the so-called new mechanists. These include the nature of mechanisms themselves, how mechanisms are discovered and represented via models, the debate over the norms of mechanistic explanation, and the relationship between mechanisms and causation.

Secularisation and intimate relationships in a Catholic community: Is Malta a resistant niche?

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-388
Author(s):  
Angele Deguara
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Sexual Morality ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Civil Marriage ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Lgbt Individuals

This study explores secularisation in a traditionally Catholic community through the analysis of intimate relationships which fall outside Catholic morality. It gives an indication of how individuals in contemporary society perceive Church teachings on sexuality in terms of the relationship choices they make. The research draws upon 2 years of fieldwork carried out with Drachma LGBTI, a space where lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex (LGBTI) people of faith may explore and deepen their spirituality. I also conducted 35 in-depth interviews with LGBT and non-LGBT individuals whose lifestyle runs counter to official Church teachings on sexuality, despite their Catholic faith that is, who are in a same-sex relationship or else divorced, cohabiting or in a civil marriage. The study revealed that while informants may disregard Church teachings on matters of sexuality, their reconstructed sexual morality is still embedded within a Catholic framework.

scholarly journals Hedendaagse wetenskaplike voorligting oor die verhouding tussen die manlike en vroulike geslag – ’n besinning oor die sosiobiologiese grondslae

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Human Sexuality ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Previous Article ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Sexual Morality ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Contemporary scientific guidance on the relationship between male and femal A previous article discussed the ethical guidance given by contemporary popular books and articles on the relationship between men and women. The authority for Christians of such books (based on an evolutionist biology and worldview) was questioned. No answer was, however, provided on the important and difficult question whether and, if so, to what extent human biology influences or even determines one’s ethical behaviour. Since many current books on sexual morality are based on empirical socio-biological research, this article takes a critical look at this scientific discipline. A Christian- philosophical alternative on the issue of human sexuality and gender will conclude this, as well as the previous article.

The Study on the China’s West Small Town’s Space Structure which Based on the Concept of Landscape Gene - Yongding District in Zhangjiajie as an Example

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 384-387
Author(s):  
Zi Li Long
Keyword(s):  
Small Towns ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
The West ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the space structure of Yongding district in Zhangjiajie, as a representative of the west small towns in China, then reveals the relationship between the space structure and the town’s landscape genes, and points out the importance of the landscape genes for molding city characteristics.

Film and Horror

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Decker ◽  
Kendall R. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Horror Films ◽  
Horror Film ◽  
Substantial Body ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
The Relationship

The term horror film refers to a wide variety of films generally understood to focus on frightening topics like ghosts, monsters, and murder. Horror films have been consistently popular among filmgoers since the earliest days of cinema in part because the genre has developed so many diverse variations in terms of theme, style, and tone. Popular horror films have employed supernatural elements, alien invaders, homicidal individuals, and wide scale apocalyptic themes. In part because of their variety and endurance, scholars from various disciplines have inquired into their nature and appeal. A substantial body of scholarship has grown up around the horror film. Scholars have inquired into the nature of the horror film, the reasons it might appeal to audiences, the evolution of the genre across time, and the relationship between these frightening films and the broader culture.

scholarly journals “How Do They Even Know They Love?” The Image of Polyamory in Polish Expert Discourse

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 2829-2847
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer ◽  
Weronika Chańska
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Psychological Evaluation ◽  
Moral Order ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Scientific Objectivity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

Abstract The article presents the results of a thematic analysis of statements about polyamory made in the media by Polish psychology and sexology experts. The analysis was conducted on the basis of 20 pieces of material released in the Polish national press, radio, and television between July 2012 and October 2018. The results show that most of the analyzed experts approach polyamory with suspicion. In most cases, the decision to be in a polyamorous relationship is assessed very negatively, and in the eyes of the therapists it is evidence of psychological defects in people who make such attempts or it is seen as a harbinger of unfavorable outcomes for the relationship. This negative psychological evaluation is often accompanied by a strong moral assessment and a clear willingness to discourage society from this relationship model. The results show that representatives of psychology and medical sciences in the Polish media support and legitimize the social and moral order that promotes mono-normativity. The true reasons for the aforementioned negative assessment are hidden behind a veil of scientific objectivity.

Acoustic Startles in Horror Films

Projections ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-66
Author(s):  
Valerio Sbravatti
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Startle Response ◽  
Acoustic Startle ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Horror Films ◽  
The Relationship

The acoustic blast is one of the most recurrent sound devices in horror cinema. It is designed to elicit the startle response from the audience, and thus gives them a “jump scare.” It can occur both in the form of a diegetic bang and in the form of a nondiegetic stinger (i.e., a musical blare provided by the score). In this article, I will advance the hypothesis that silence plays a crucial role in contemporary horror films, both perceptually, since it leaves the sound field free for the acoustic blast, and cognitively, since it posits the audience in an aversive anticipatory state that makes the startle more intense. I will analyze the acoustic startle using a neurofilmological approach, which takes into account findings from experimental sciences in order to better understand the relationship between physiological and psychological factors that make such an effect possible during the filmic experience.

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