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Film studies

the surviving female hero of the slasher film, who endures the killer and turns on him, with whom viewers of all genders identify.

In film studies, final girl refers to the surviving female hero of the slasher film, who endures the killer and turns on him, with whom viewers of all genders identify. This meaning comes from Clover (1989) in Misogyny, Misandry, and Misanthropy.[1]

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Clover, C. J. (1989). Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film. In Misogyny, Misandry, and Misanthropy (pp. 187-228). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520327306-010

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