Tag: hypersexualism

• Blackwater Valley Exorcism: Equating Demonic Possession with Sexual Assault

  

  When The Exorcist (1973) was first released, it spawned numerous foreign rip-offs and B-movie exploitative versions.  From Şeytan (1974) in Turkey to the reworking of the Italian film ‘Lisa e il diavolo’ (1974/1975)into The House of Exorcism, foreign producers created their own takes on the story of young women being possessed, with more or less […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  July 14, 2014

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies

  Abby, B-movies, Blackwater Valley Exorcism, Bruce Campbell, demonic possession, demons, domestic violence, exorcism, exorcist, exploitation, hypersexualism, Jeffrey Combs, sex, sexuality, Seytan, The Exorcist

• Hypersexualism in Gameplay and the Problem of the Action Heroine

  The history of consumption of video games and computer games has largely been of one-sided demographics: the notion that men are more likely than women, boys more than girls, to play the games that had been the backbone of the gaming industry.  This notion has also become entrenched in the stereotype of the gamer as […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  April 29, 2012

  Audience/Reception Studies, Digital Games, Virtual Worlds

  action heroines, Catwoman, computer games, gaming experience, gender gap, hypersexualism, Lara Croft, MMO games, mobile games, online games, Pop culture, sexualism, social games, The Avengers, The Matrix, Tomb Raider, Trinity, Video games