ABSTRACT While cars have long been associated with masculinity and youth within cinema – through a now long established tradition of the road movie – the representation of girls and/with cars is less common and often problematic. Here, I argue that an analysis of the ways in which girls are shown to interact with cars within two independent road movies can reveal much about discourses of victimhood, power and agency. In these films, girls are rarely shown to be at the wheel themselves, instead they are driven by men; these experiences as passengers are shown to be complex and fraught with danger. However, through these representations the audience are invited to recognise and acknowledge pervasive discourses of victimhood and, in so doing, a new space is created. This new discourse is one which both acknowledges victimhood, but at the same time recognises the resilience and agency of young women.

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作为女孩骑着汽车：《乌云下的秘密》和《美国蜂蜜》中关于受害者，权力和代理的论述

摘要尽管汽车在电影院中长期以来一直与男性气概和青春联系在一起，但由于公路电影已有悠久的历史，因此女孩和/或汽车的代表较少见，而且经常出现问题。在这里，我认为对两部独立公路电影中的女孩与汽车互动的方式进行分析可以揭示有关受害，权力和代理的论述。在这些电影中，很少有人表现出女孩自己动手，而是由男人来驱动。这些经验表明，乘客很复杂，充满危险。但是，通过这些表述，观众被邀请认识并承认关于受害者的普遍论述，并因此创造了一个新的空间。这种新的话语既承认受害者，