Day of the Woman: Judges 4-5 as Slasher and Rape Revenge Narrative

In Judges 4 and 5, Jael viciously murders the Canaanite general Sisera with a tent peg to the head. This article approaches the text through horror, with particular reference to the slasher film and the rape-revenge film. Drawing on Carol Clover's landmark Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in...

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Main Author: Graybill, Rhiannon 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2018]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 193-205
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Judge 4-5 / Jael, Biblical person / Sisera, Biblical person / Woman / Sexual abuse / Heroine (Motif) / Rape (Motif) / Vengeance (Motif) / Splatterfilm
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Final Girl
B Rape
B Horror
B Yael
B Clover
B Carol
B Revenge
B Jael
B Judges 5
B slasher
B Judges 4
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