Date of Award
Spring 5-3-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Second Advisor
Giovanna Maina
Academic Program Adviser
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Abstract
This thesis analyzes the Italian experience with horror in cinema in both psychoanalytic feminist and cognitive Marxist critical film theories through a study of visual renderings of excessive violence and sex in gothic and thrillers known as giallo films created by the film director Mario Bava. This is an art historical study that looks at Bava’s work against the Italian cultural landscape in the post war period.
Recommended Citation
Casado Bignardi-Engstrom, Thais, "A Taste for the Distasteful: The Aesthetics of Gore in the Giallo and Horror Films of Mario Bava" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1157
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