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Postcolonial politics and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema; Narrative analysis of "In the Land of Blood and Honey"

Title	Postcolonial politics and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema; Narrative analysis of "In the Land of Blood and Honey"
Author	Majid Soleimani Sasani
Subject	hollywood, islamophobia, narrative analysis, orientalism, postcolonial politics
Type	Document
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	The Queen's University of Belfast Libraries
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2345-2692, EISSN: 2538-2004, DOI: 10.22051/jwfs.2021.34202.2591
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8b6c172959914ef0b2412c5fec7da457
Açıklama	This article seeks to show the representation of gender and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema with a narrative analysis approach. Thus, using the approach of postcolonial theory in the critique of Orientalism discourse and the construction of gender in Eastern and Muslim women, and liberal feminism, Analyzes the narrative of "In the Land of Blood and Honey" (Angelina Jolie, 2011). This film is one of the most important Hollywood films that has dedicated its main narrative to the representation of a Muslim woman. The findings of this study show that the narrative of this film follows Orientalist gender stereotypes and, well, shows the contrast between the liberal and postcolonial feminist approaches. As the Eastern and Muslim woman is humiliated by both her Western sister and her community. Muslim woman in the narrative of this film; Is also the Orientalist object of American cinema; She is subjected to both sexual and gender clichés and is accused of treason against the world system and is considered worthy of death. Narrative analysis of this film can open new perspectives on postcolonial feminism.
Şuna bir parçasıdır	Muṭālaʻāt-i zan va khānvādah (Dānishgāh-i al-Zahrā), 1400-10, Vol.9 (4), p.43-62
Kaynak	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

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Postcolonial politics and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema; Narrative analysis of "In the Land of Blood and Honey"

Author Majid Soleimani Sasani

Subject hollywood, islamophobia, narrative analysis, orientalism, postcolonial politics

Type Document

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library The Queen's University of Belfast Libraries

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2345-2692, EISSN: 2538-2004, DOI: 10.22051/jwfs.2021.34202.2591

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8b6c172959914ef0b2412c5fec7da457

Açıklama This article seeks to show the representation of gender and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema with a narrative analysis approach. Thus, using the approach of postcolonial theory in the critique of Orientalism discourse and the construction of gender in Eastern and Muslim women, and liberal feminism, Analyzes the narrative of "In the Land of Blood and Honey" (Angelina Jolie, 2011). This film is one of the most important Hollywood films that has dedicated its main narrative to the representation of a Muslim woman. The findings of this study show that the narrative of this film follows Orientalist gender stereotypes and, well, shows the contrast between the liberal and postcolonial feminist approaches. As the Eastern and Muslim woman is humiliated by both her Western sister and her community. Muslim woman in the narrative of this film; Is also the Orientalist object of American cinema; She is subjected to both sexual and gender clichés and is accused of treason against the world system and is considered worthy of death. Narrative analysis of this film can open new perspectives on postcolonial feminism.

Şuna bir parçasıdır Muṭālaʻāt-i zan va khānvādah (Dānishgāh-i al-Zahrā), 1400-10, Vol.9 (4), p.43-62

Kaynak DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals