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22 - Social Work and Social Policy

University of Huddersfield

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Chapter title

‘Oh Spike you’re covered in sexy wounds!’ The Erotic Significance of Wounding and Torture in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Palgrave Macmillan
Book title
Sex, violence and the body: the erotics of wounding
ISBN of book
9780230549340
Year of publication
2008
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information

b. The research method involved viewing and re-viewing of several episodes of BtVS Seasons 2 and 7 on DVD. Specific scenes were selected for close analysis based up on their depiction of torture of human and non-human characters. The selected scenes were compared on a number of dimensions including state of dress/undress of characters, body pose of characters and cinematic treatment.

Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
A - Centre for Applied Psychological Research
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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