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Whedon’s great glass elevator: space and intertextuality in The Cabin in the Woods

Starr, M. (2012) Whedon’s great glass elevator: space and intertextuality in The Cabin in the Woods. Invited Keynote presented to: After Buffy, University of London, 05 December 2012. (Unpublished)

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Keynote)
Abstract: This paper explores Joss Whedon’s 2012 'meta-horror' The Cabin in the Woods in terms of conceptions of space. Via the theoretical approaches of Foucault and Kristeva, the film’s elevator sequence, and the multitude of monsters from the horror pantheon contained within, is used to conceptualise how the liminal spaces of the film function in explicating representations of horror and Whedon's 'signature intertextuality'
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion pictures
Creators: Starr, Mike
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Date: 5 December 2012
Date Type: Presentation
Event Title: After Buffy
Event Dates: 05 December 2012
Event Location: University of London
Event Type: Conference
Language: English
Status: Unpublished
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5519

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