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T1 Fictionalising the unspeakable: Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak (2015) as a trauma narrative
T2 Ficcionalizar lo indecible: Crimson Peak (2015) de Guillermo del Toro como una narrativa de trauma
A1 Pedro, Dina
K1 neovictorianismo audiovisual
K1 narrativas de trauma
K1 lo siniestro
K1 violencia de género
K1 superación
AB Neo-Victorian narratives of trauma display a temporal duplicity in addressing nineteenth-century traumas that still prevail at present, including natural catastrophes, wars, or morepersonal and insidious traumas, such as domestic violence and oppression, or child and sexualabuse. In this article, I argue that Guillermo del Toro’s neo-Victorian film Crimson Peak(2015) is constructed as a trauma narrative that exploits the trope of «the uncanny» (Freud1919) and its main representations –i.e. the double, the return of the dead and repetitioncompulsion– to address the traumatic experience of gender violence and its impact on bothVictorian and contemporary women. Furthermore, I contend that the film functions as asymbolical space where the audience can bear witness to and reflect on the multitemporaltrauma of gender violence. That way, viewers can bear witness and develop empathy towardssurvivors of this traumatic experience.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8548
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/24692
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 12-may-2024