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Women in the wave

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Ondertitel:representation of female characters in Yugoslav New Film and Black Wave
My doctoral thesis takes into account not only the numerical (under-)representation of female film workers, such as directors, cinematographers, composers, and scriptwriters in Yugoslav cinema, but also, as the main focus, their audio-visual representation, as seen through the lens of male dominated Yugoslav cinema. I closely analyse eleven films, from a feminist perspective in film studies. In addition, my close readings of the selected films utilise not only textual analysis, which scrutinises workings of ideology and patriarchy, but also audio-visual and formal analyses, which focus on medium specific traits, such as camera, lighting, editing, etc. Those analyses consist of five empirical chapters, tackling: the allegory of a raped woman as a raped nation (or stratum of a nation) (in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5), representations of women as treacherous in the Second World War themed films (Chapter 6), suicides of working women as well as representations of ageing and youth (Chapter 7), and victimization of female characters as well as their iconographical links to flora and fauna (Chapter 8). Besides empirical chapters, my thesis also consists of theoretical chapters: the Yugoslav New Film movement (Chapter 1), Yugoslav New Film and Gender (Chapter 2), and Methodology (Chapter 3). Representations of gender in Yugoslav New Film have hardly been addressed in a larger volume – my study contributes towards closing this gap in academic research.
Aantal pagina's: 342
Jaar van publicatie:2022
Trefwoorden:Doctoral thesis
Toegankelijkheid:Open