Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025): JANUARY[DOI:10.37785/nw.v9n1] Feminine monstrosity and the agency of the body in the feature films India (1960) and Embrujada (1976) by Armando Bó and Isabel Sarli Article Sidebar Text Complete: PDF (Spanish) MHT (Spanish) Published: 2025-01-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37785/nw.v9n1.a1 Keywords: Argentine cinema, horror films, Coca Sarli, motherhood, race Main Article Content Valeria Arévalos University of Buenos Aires image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9412-2812 Abstract The article reviews the configuration of the desiring woman (maternally and sexually) proposed by two feature films directed by Armando Bó that present elements of horror-fantasy, India (1960) and Embrujada (1976). Taking as a starting point the figure of the vampire in the first one, and a mythological being of regional folklore –the Pombero– in the second one, these productions stress the place of the racialized woman who has become an object, imposed by the white patriarchy. DOWNLOADS Download data is not yet available. Article Details How to Cite Arévalos, V. (2025). Feminine monstrosity and the agency of the body in the feature films India (1960) and Embrujada (1976) by Armando Bó and Isabel Sarli. Nawi, 9(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.37785/nw.v9n1.a1 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver AMA Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX References Colombres, Adolfo. (2016). Seres mitológicos argentinos, Buenos Aires: Colihue. Ferrer, Frank. (1963) “Exploitation Films.” en Film Comment 2.6 (Fall): 31–33 New York: Lincoln Center. Kruk, María de los Milagros. (2017). “La pornografía ingenua de Armando Bo: la representación de la mujer como cuerpo corrupto” en I Jornadas Internacionales "Cuerpo y violencia en la literatura y las artes visuales contemporáneas", Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Buenos Aires: UBA. Lavia, Darío (ed.) (2023). "Víctor Bó. Seis generaciones de cineastas" en CINEFICCIÓN. Para aficionados en serio al cine fantástico, ISSN 2362-6127 Octubre, Año 10, #14, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Cinefanía. Ruétalo, Victoria y Dolores Tierney (ed.) (2009). Latsploitation, exploitation cinemas, and Latin America, New York: Routledge. Schaefer, Eric. (2009). "Foreword" en RUÉTALO, Victoria y Dolores TIERNEY (ed.) Latsploitation, Exploitation Cinemas, and Latin America, New York: Routledge. Villegas Lindvall, Valeria (2023) “Hipersexualidad, salvajismo y negociaciones del cuerpo en Embrujada (1969) de Armando Bó” en Entropía. Revista de terror en el arte español e hispanoamericano, vol. 4, n° 1, pp. 9-28, Perú: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Issue Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025): JANUARY[DOI:10.37785/nw.v9n1] Section ARTICLES This work is under a Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional. Comments and suggestions on the article Managing Director Jorge Polo Blanco, PhD. polo@espol.edu.ec ESPOL - FADCOM Executive Director Nayeth Solorzano, PhD. nsolorza@espol.edu.ec ESPOL - FADCOM