Monstrua con chador o heroína abyecta: la vampira de la película Una chica vuelve a casa sola de noche (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)

• Zahedi, Farshad ^[1] ; Martín de la Torre López, Patricia ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Comunicación y Género, ISSN-e 2605-1982, Vol. 7, Nº. 1, 2024
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/cgen.95602
• Títulos paralelos:
  • A chador-wearing monster or an abject heroine: the female vampire of the film a girl walks home alone at night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)
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  • español

    Este estudio analiza el personaje principal de la película Una chica vuelve a casa sola de noche (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, 2014), la ópera prima de Ana Lily Amirpour. Monstrua o heroína, este personaje es una construcción híbrida de entre varias referencias culturales y literarias. Vampira vestida con el velo largo islámico chador, vigilante de una ciudad imaginaria, el personaje es una monstrua a la vista de los hombres que ejercen la cultura de dominación masculina y una heroína protectora para las mujeres y los más vulnerables. Para el análisis del personaje han sido consideradas las teorías feministas desde la dimensión de psicoanálisis, así como estudios sobre el espacio generizado y cuerpos abyectos en el cine.

  • English

    This study analyses the main character in the film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), Ana Lily Amirpour's first feature film. A monster or an heroine, this character is a hybrid construction of various cultural and literary references. A vampire dressed in the long Islamic veil chador, a vigilante of an imaginary city, the character is both a monster in the sight of men, who exercise the culture of male domination, and a protective heroine for women and other vulnerable people. Feminist theories from psychoanalysis perspective, as well as studies on gendered space and abject bodies in film, have been considered for the analysis of the character.

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