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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories

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  Eric Hamako Shoreline Community College

  September 28, 2009

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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories race rape Orientalism Asian racism violence zombie horde Taken Resident Evil, Yellow Peril Arab Muslim sexual assault gang rape Curator's Note   In ...
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  Gendered Horror, Sexual Assault, and Revenge (2017)

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  Geneveive Newman University of Pittsburgh

  October 29, 2019

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  Gendered Horror, Sexual Assault, and Revenge (2017) horror rape gender trauma female directors Curator's Note A strong case can be made for the utility of violence in representations of reclaiming the female body for women. The rape-revenge sub-genre ...
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  Wound Raider: Authorizing Trauma in Lara Croft's Origin Story

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  Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

  March 13, 2013

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  Wound Raider: Authorizing Trauma in Lara Croft's Origin Story video games Tomb Raider and Gender in Games tomb raider rape marketing Lara Croft Curator's Note In the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is an adventuresome 20-something shipwre ...