PMA 1175

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PMA 1175
FWS: Hell is a Teenage Girl: Terror and Turmoil of Girlhood in Horror Films

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

"Hell is a teenage girl" are the first words uttered by Anita Lesnicki in the 2009 comedy-horror Jennifer's Body. In this course, we will analyze how various themes and experiences of girlhood are explored in horror films. In conjunction with watching films, we will read introductory texts in feminist studies to contextualize how sexuality (and all its expressions), negative emotions (such as anger or disgust), and living in a gendered body can help us elucidate other textual or aesthetic meanings in the films we will watch.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2023FA

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20545 PMA 1175   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Mahmood, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.