Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster

Schneider, Judith

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster

In: Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies. / Božanić, Petra (Ed.). Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019. pp. 98-117. urn:nbn:hr:172:446532

Schneider, Judith

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Schneider, J. (2019). Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster. In P. Božanić, (Ed.), Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies (pp. 98-117). Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:446532

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Schneider, Judith. "Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster." Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, edited by Petra Božanić, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019, pp. 98-117. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:446532

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Schneider, Judith. "Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster." In Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, 98-117. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019. Accessed 2023 June 03. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:446532

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Schneider, J. (2019) 'Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster', in Božanić, P. (ed.), Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split, pp. 98-117. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:446532 (Accessed 03 June 2023)

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Schneider J. Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster. In: P. Božanić, ed. Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2019. Pp. 98-117. [cited 2023 June 03] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:446532

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J. Schneider, "Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster", Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, P. Božanić, Ed. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019. [Online] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:446532 [Accessed: 03 June 2023]

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Title (english)	Gender Transgression in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Patty Jenkins’s Monster
Author	Judith Schneider
Editor	Petra Božanić
Author's institution	University of Split Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Art Sciences Filmology
Abstract (english)	While Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) and Patty Jenkins’s Monster (2003) are of very different genres, both films depict protagonists with certain commonalities. Psycho’s Norman Bates and Monster’s Aileen Wuornos turn into murderers for similar reasons. They are, on the one hand, influenced by their childhood experiences of having been emotionally and/or physically neglected and abused by the opposite sex respectively. These traumatic experiences of powerlessness and helplessness lead to their eventual adoption of the role of the other gender as a way to gain the same power and control that formerly oppressed them. While Norman fully identifies with his mother at the end of the movie, Aileen adopts a typically male role by providing for her lesbian lover Selby and by murdering men who are normally more powerful than she is. Moreover, they do not fit into classic, heteronormative categories considering their own sexuality, which makes it impossible for them to take part in society which accepts them, linking their sexuality to their pathological, criminal behavior. This is as yet clearly indicated in the titles, mirroring the social perception of the protagonists. My analysis follows their journey through life, concentrating on how their depictions in their respective films underline the thesis of Norman and Aileen taking over behavioral patterns of the opposite gender in order to escape their own helplessness and dependence.
Keywords (english)
Language	english
Publication type	Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication status	Published
Peer review	Peer review
Publication version	Published version
Publication title	Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies
Numbering	no. 2, pp. 98-117
ISBN	978-953-352-037-7
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:172:446532
Publication	2019-10-10
Conference	Title: Third International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies: Express the Repressed Location: Split, Croatia Organizer: Udruga iTHEom Start date: 2018-10-04 End date: 2018-10-06 Assembly type: Lecture
Type of resource	Text
Publisher	University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Publishing place	Split
Access conditions	Open access
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Created on	2019-10-23 15:30:05