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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
Publication Date:	1400-10
Subject	hollywood, islamophobia, narrative analysis, orientalism, postcolonial politics
Type	Periodical
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of Toronto
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
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Date	1400-10
Notes	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.
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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

Publication Date 1400-10

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

Type Periodical

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of Toronto

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

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Date 1400-10

Notes 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.

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