A postmodern study of Jordan Peele’s psychological horror films Get Out and Us

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dc.contributor.advisorNoman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorParvin, Mehrin
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-13T03:54:03Z
dc.date.available2025-01-13T03:54:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-04
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 54-56).
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, 2024.
dc.description.abstractJordan Peele’s Get Out (2017) and Us (2019) are two recent unconventional psychological horror films. These two films do not incorporate typical horror tropes like jump scares, ghosts, or mindless killings. These two are about human beings, specifically black people. Both films incorporate historical events, distort reality, and jump back and forth in time. These qualities of Get Out and Us resonate with the characteristics of postmodernism. This thesis aims to show that Get Out and Us are two postmodern horror films that are helping to keep the horror genre fresh and alive. This thesis also uses theories of postmodern critics like Linda Hutcheon, Fredric Jameson, Jean Baudrillard, and Barry Lewis.
dc.identifier.otherID 22363020
dc.identifier.otherhttps://dspace.bracu.ac.bd/server/api/core/items/b4e2a2a9-477c-49f4-a28a-f43e0d70fae1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/25129
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBRAC University
dc.sourceBRAC University Institutional Repository
dc.subjectPsychological horror
dc.subjectPostmodernism
dc.subjectGet Out
dc.subjectUs
dc.subjectParody
dc.subjectBlack people
dc.titleA postmodern study of Jordan Peele’s psychological horror films Get Out and Us
dc.typeThesis

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