Le féminin et le diable : possessions et exorcismes comme manifestation de la répression sexuelle féminine
This paper examines the correlation between female sexual repression in American society and the production of possession films. It is a matter of seeing how this repression affects the way in which the possessed woman is represented on the screen. Using the psychoanalytic approach and feminist theories, I examine the subtext of the exorcism films as the manifestation of the return of the repressed. These films are the symptom of a patriarchal society that is still deeply anxious about the emancipation of women. This study looks at the analysis of the repetition of common characteristics between possession films produced following the success of The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Derrickson 2005) to finally make the observation that the body in revolt of young women struggling with a demonic entity is the very expression of the sexuality that is denied to them. Finally this essay is interested in the question of the spectacular attraction of the scene of exorcism by analyzing the staging and the physical performances that unfold there.
possession Diable Vagina dentata horror movie exorcist Horror movies Exorcism Women Gender