Mystery envelope: Kitchen Sink as Female Gothic

Adrian Martin

doi:10.1386/sfs.2.1.75_1

ISSN: 2042-7824
E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Mystery envelope: Kitchen Sink as Female Gothic
By Adrian Martin
Source: Short Film Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1, Jan 2012, p. 75 - 78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.2.1.75_1
- Published online: 01 Jan 2012

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Abstract

Kitchen Sink is a highpoint of Female Gothic exploration in contemporary world cinema. In this genre female characters face, within dreamlike situations, archetypal male figures who prompt fear and desire. Like other films by prominent New Zealand women directors, Kitchen Sink boldly experiments with horror–mystery–thriller conventions in a feminist context.

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Keyword(s): ALISON MACLEAN; FEMALE GOTHIC; FEMINISM; GENRE; HORROR-THRILLER-MYSTERY; NEW ZEALAND

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