Disturbing Flesh. Analysis of the Female Body in the Film the Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) and the Performance Interior Scroll (Carolee Schneemann, 1975)

Authors

  • Antonio Sustaita Research Professor, University of Guanajuato, Mexico Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62557/2394-6296.120102

Keywords:

Body, Phallocentric power, Feminist strategy, Unheimlich, Corpo-linguistic writing

Abstract

The aim of this essay is to compare the way in which the female body rebels against phallocentric roles in two artistic works: the film The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) and the performance Interior Scroll (Carolee Schneemann, 1975). Such works have as context the Feminist Revolution of the 1970s. Through a semiotic and aesthetic analysis, focused on the image, the word-body relationship is analyzed. Concepts associated with the Unheimlich, the sinister, ominous, terrifying and disturbing, are associated with the woman's body that, in order to fight against a phallocentric order, uses the exhibition of her highest bodily emblem, the vagina.

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Published

2025-02-24

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How to Cite

Sustaita, A. (2025). Disturbing Flesh. Analysis of the Female Body in the Film the Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) and the Performance Interior Scroll (Carolee Schneemann, 1975). International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 12(1), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.62557/2394-6296.120102