A Halloween lecture by Dr Gina Bevan on the lesbian vampire and the monstrous feminine in horror film, presented by The Feminist Gaze Project.
Dr Gina Bevan is at BrewStone on Thursday 29 October for a Halloween lecture on the lesbian vampire and the monstrous feminine. It's presented by The Feminist Gaze Project, and Bevan is an associate lecturer whose research looks at how women are presented in pop culture.
She'll be tracing the figure of the lesbian vampire — described as tantalising yet dangerous, transgressing gendered and sexual boundaries — from Carmilla and Dracula's Daughter through to The Hunger. Along the way, she'll map her subversive potential and introduce horror film analysis and the key theories used to read the monstrous-feminine on screen. It's a good starting point if you've never looked at horror from that angle before.
The talk draws on Bevan's 2014 MA dissertation, which was awarded a distinction for its use of horror film theory to analyse the lesbian vampire and queer desire. Her upcoming book continues that work, exploring how Medusa is reclaimed by women in pop music as a feminist icon. So this isn't just a one-off talk; it's a look at research she's been working on for years.
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It runs from 7:30pm to 9:00pm at BrewStone, 33 Uplands Crescent, and is suitable for ages 18 and over. Tickets are £10 for Early Bird General Admission and £15 for General Admission.
