Descent into Hell Authors Teresa de Lauretis University of California-Santa Cruz Annalisa Mirizio (trad.) Centre Dona i Literatura Abstract In this article, first published in Italian in the journal Tuttilibri (March-May 2000), Teresa De Lauretis suggests how in a number of films made in the 90s, such as Heavenly Creatures and Accomplices –there emerges a representation of homosexuality, especially feminine, removed from the repressive moralism of previous productions. However, despite the differences and the presence in these films of female subjects, there also emerges a love-and-death imagery that joins sexuality and aggressive pulsions. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2010-07-02 Issue No. 7 (2001): Dones i cinema Section Dossier License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
