Double maternal stigma : single, mad mothers in Japanese maternal horror

• Main Author: Nur Syahirah Binte Suradi
• Other Authors: Yong Wern Mei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Asian cinema; DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism; DRNTU::Humanities::Literature
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70396
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Japanese maternal horror films, motherhood becomes a visually horrifying spectacle. Monstrous and abject representations of motherhood do not necessarily rely on monstrous depictions of the mothers themselves. The horror of motherhood also lies in the destructive mother-child relationship as it r...