This chapter considers Sleeping With the Enemy’s post-aware and postfeminist perspectives as shaped by the conventions of the Gothic romance, the suspense thriller, and the horror film. The chapter critiques the film’s eroticization of violence, dismissal of resources for abused women, stereotypically monstrous abuser, and heroic victim empowerment.
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Shoos, D. L. (2017). Sleeping With the Enemy, Victim Empowerment, and the Thrill of Horror. In Domestic Violence in Hollywood Film (pp. 63–86). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65064-7_3
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