Saving white women: vulnerability and the immobilized body in Don't Breathe (2016)

IF 1.1 1区文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-26 DOI:10.1080/14791420.2022.2086279

Kyle D Christensen, Marina Levina

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The horror thriller Don't Breathe (2016) follows three robbers as they invade the home of a blind Navy SEAL veteran who violently battles against them. Among the robbers is Rocky, a white woman desperately seeking financial security. Don't Breathe depicts Rocky's body in various states of physical immobility, signifying her vulnerability. By only recognizing the vulnerabilities of poor white women's bodies, the film leaves unrecognized the vulnerabilities of others, especially poor bodies of color and disabled bodies. Furthermore, through Rocky, the film suggests that white women can benefit from the violent aid of white patriarchy precisely because their vulnerability/immobility receives recognition.

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拯救白人女性:《不要呼吸》(2016)中的脆弱和固定的身体

摘要恐怖惊悚片《别呼吸》（2016）讲述了三名劫匪闯入一名失明的海豹突击队老兵的家中，与他们展开激烈战斗的故事。抢劫犯中有洛基，一个拼命寻求经济保障的白人妇女。《别呼吸》描绘了洛基身体处于各种身体不动状态，象征着她的脆弱。这部电影只承认了贫穷白人女性身体的脆弱性，却忽视了其他人的脆弱性——尤其是有色人种的贫穷身体和残疾身体。此外，通过《洛基》，这部电影表明，白人女性可以从白人父权制的暴力援助中受益，正是因为她们的脆弱性/不动性得到了认可。

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Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies Multiple-

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3.10

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期刊介绍： Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (CC/CS) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. CC/CS publishes original scholarship that situates culture as a site of struggle and communication as an enactment and discipline of power. The journal features critical inquiry that cuts across academic and theoretical boundaries. CC/CS welcomes a variety of methods including textual, discourse, and rhetorical analyses alongside auto/ethnographic, narrative, and poetic inquiry.