Black Swan/White Swan: On Female Objectification, Creatureliness, and Death Denial
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2014
Keywords
Physical Body, Social Psychology Bulletin, Mortality Salience, Black Swan, Swan Lake
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276896_7
Abstract
At the outset of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan (2010), Natalie Portman’s character, Nina Sayers, auditions for the part of the Swan Queen in the ballet Swan Lake. The dancer who plays the lead must dance not only the part of the white swan, but her evil twin, the black swan. “If I was only casting the White Swan, she’d be yours,” Thomas Leroy, the ballet director, played by Vincent Cassel, whispers in Nina’s ear, taunting her, during her audition. “But I’m not… Now show me your Black Swan, Nina!” he commands.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Black Swan/White Swan: On Female Objectification, Creatureliness, and Death Denial, in D. Sullivan & J. Greenberg (Eds.), Death in Classic and Contemporary Film, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 105-117.
Scholar Commons Citation
Goldenberg, Jamie L., "Black Swan/White Swan: On Female Objectification, Creatureliness, and Death Denial" (2014). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1468.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1468
