SexViolHist Bib: Cases: Representations: Films: Rape and Revenge Films

»Rape and revenge, or rape-revenge, is a horror film subgenre characterized by an individual enacting revenge for rape or other sexual acts committed against them or others. Rape and revenge films are also commonly thrillers or vigilante films.
Notable for its graphic depiction of violence, rape, torture, and sexual imagery, rape and revenge films have attracted critical attention and controversy, often gaining a cult following and retrospectively associated with the New French Extremity, underground cinema, and arthouse cinema.« -- More information: Wikipedia

B i b l i o g r a p h y

20^th Century: Baise-moi, Freeze Me, I Spit on Your Grave (1978), Jungfrukällan Ms. 45

21^st Century: American Mary, Elle, Hard Candy, I Spit on Your Grave (2010), I Spit on Your Grave 2; Irréversible, Kill Bill, M.F.A., Promising Young Woman, Straw Dogs

I. Author Index

[Info] Andrews, David. »The rape-revenge film: biocultural implications.« Jump Cut No. 54 (2012).

[Info] Andrews, David. »Reconsidering the Body Genre: Rape-Revenge and Postfeminist Softcore as Biocultural Phenomena.« Alphaville No. 7 (2014).

[Info] Bolz, Manuel, et al., org. Rape and Revenge: Rache-Kulturen und sexualisierte Gewalt in intermedialer Perspektive / Rape and Revenge: Revenge-cultures and sexualized violence in intermedial perspectives. Hamburg 2022.

[Info] Clover, Carol. »High and low. The transformation of the rape-revenge movie.« Women and film. A sight and sound reader. Edited by Pam Cook et al. London 1993: 76-85.

[Info] Gray, Katherine L. "Didn't your mommy tell you that isn't nice?" Patterns and shifts in rape-revenge films, 1973-1998. Honors Project, Smith College, 2009.

[Info] Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra. »Fair Games and Wasted Youth: Twenty-five Years of Australian Rape-Revenge Film (1986-2011).« Metro Magazine No. 170 (2011): 86-89.

[Info] Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra. Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. Jefferson 2011.

[Info] Köhne, Julia B. »Sexuelle Gewalt und Rache in kulturellen Artefakten. Kommentar und Plädoyer.« Rape and Revenge: Rache-Kulturen und sexualisierte Gewalt in intermedialer Perspektive. Edited by Christine Künzel et al. Göttingen 2024: 297-310.

[Info] Künzel, Christine, et al, eds. Rape and Revenge: Rache-Kulturen und sexualisierte Gewalt in intermedialer Perspektive. Göttingen 2024.

[Info] Künzel, Christine. »Rape-and-Revenge: Zwischen Selbstjustiz, Coping-Strategie und pädagogischer Mission. Eine Einführung.« Rape and Revenge: Rache-Kulturen und sexualisierte Gewalt in intermedialer Perspektive. Edited by Christine Künzel et al. Göttingen 2024: 11-28.

[Info] Lehman, Peter. »Don't blame this on a girl. Female rape-revenge films.« Screening the male. Exploring masculinities in Hollywood cinema. Edited by Steven Cohan et al. London 1993: 103-117.

[Info] Mielonen, Nalle. Kostaja Pimeydestä: Naiskuva rape-revenge-elokuvissa. Opinnäytetyö, Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulu, 2011.

[Info] Read, Jacinda. Narratives of Transformation: Feminism, Femininity and the Rape-Revenge Cycle. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Warwick, 1998.

[Info] Read, Jacinda. The new avengers: Feminism, femininity and the rape-revenge cycle. Manchester 2000.

[Info] Reifenberger, Julia. Girls with Guns. Rape & Revenge Movies: Radikalfeministische Erm chtigungsfantasien? Berlin 2013.

[Info] Reifenberger, Julia. »Kill your rapist! Der Rape-Revenge-Film als genderpolitisches Verwirrstück.« Sexuelle Gewalt im Film. Edited by Jochem Kotthaus. Weinheim 2015: 82-105.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Farr, Brittany. »Rape as Revenge: The 'Millennium Trilogy' and Rape-Revenge Films.« 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Boston 2012.

[Info] Miller, April. »Feminist Plasticity: Surgical Horror, Body Modification, and the Medicalization of Rape-Revenge Narratives.« 59^th Annual Conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Toronto 2018.