The uncanny in Kitchen Sink

Author: Soila, Tytti

Source: Short Film Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2012 , pp. 83-86(4)

Publisher: Intellect

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Abstract:

Drawing on Sigmund Freud's essay 'The Uncanny' and Teresa de Lauretis' thoughts on a film addressing the spectator as a woman through its 'durations, perceptions, events, relationships and silences', this article analyses some of the eerie moments in Kitchen Sink.

Keywords: UNCANNY; FEMINISM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; HOMELY; LONGING; ALIENATION

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/sfs.2.1.83_1

Publication date: 2012-01-01

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