Depictions of Gender, Homes and Families in the TV Version of The Exorcist

Abstract

The third approach of this chapter will be to compare gender representations in the television series and the film The Exorcist (1973). In theory, the intervening 44 years could have seen gains for women and feminism, but 2017 has seen women’s rights eroded yet again. The film was made at the height of the women’s liberation movement and second-wave feminism, and at the start of the era of ‘video nasties’ and explicitly gory slasher and cannibal films, so I will use the historical context to frame a discussion about the two different versions.

Citation

Holland, S. (2019), "Depictions of Gender, Homes and Families in the TV Version of The Exorcist ", Gerrard, S., Holland, S. and Shail, R. (Ed.) Gender and Contemporary Horror in Television (Emerald Studies in Popular Culture and Gender), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-103-220191013

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