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Disrespecting Your Surroundings And Other Ways of Enforcing Hegemony in the Hardcore Scene

Paige Klimentou

This thesis investigates the links between the performance of hegemonic masculinity and authenticity in the male- dominated hardcore and post-hardcore scenes, and how this affects female participation in the live space. Due to the intrinsic linking of ‘masculinity’ to ‘maleness’, I argue that female participants are typically seen as inauthentic, which inhibits their capacity to participate.

I provide a critical text analysis with an interrogation of my own experiences as a female participant in the hardcore live space. By further exploring the relationship between gender performativity and authenticity through an affective lens, I suggest that because of the restricted participation women encounter, they are limited in their potential to experience shared affective intensities with male scene members. This further impedes females from achieving
an authentic status, affecting their sense of belonging in the scene. This perpetuates the gender imbalance in the hardcore scene.

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The Uncanny in the Horror Film Soundtrack: A Study into the Scores of Howard Shore’s Videodrome and Mica Levi’s Under The Skin.

Albert Wolski

The concept of the uncanny is a common characteristic of the horror film. The films Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983) and Under The Skin (Johnathan Glazer, 2013) are examples of varying depictions of the uncanny, provoking feelings of fear that are strangely familiar and also uncertain. This study will examine how the uncanny in the horror film score is supportive of the film’s narrative.

Composed by Mica Levi, the approach for scoring Under The Skin shares several similarities to Howard Shore’s Videodrome. Through employing modernist techniques, amalgamating acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and homogenizing the score with the film’s sound design, these scores create a voicing for the Other.

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