Horror, Body Swapping Films, and Ageist Tropes
Start Date
19-3-2021 12:20 PM
End Date
19-3-2021 12:30 PM
Description
Body swapping films, often dismissed as silly romps, comprise a genre rooted in ageist notions about our corporeal experiences. Not only does the sustained popularity of this genre confirm our culturally embedded notions about bodies as they age, but subversions of the genre, like body horror, typically feature heinous crimes perpetrated by men in late middle-age who have strategically chosen young victims.
Horror, Body Swapping Films, and Ageist Tropes
Body swapping films, often dismissed as silly romps, comprise a genre rooted in ageist notions about our corporeal experiences. Not only does the sustained popularity of this genre confirm our culturally embedded notions about bodies as they age, but subversions of the genre, like body horror, typically feature heinous crimes perpetrated by men in late middle-age who have strategically chosen young victims.
