Beyond Cinematic Stereotypes: Using Religion to Gender Film Characters in Alternative Ways
In films, religious characters are often gendered in quite traditional ways, but there are some notable exceptions. This article discusses two Scandinavian films that partly break this mold. The analysis illustrates how in films different forms of religion are gendered quite differently, and explore...
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| description | In films, religious characters are often gendered in quite traditional ways, but there are some notable exceptions. This article discusses two Scandinavian films that partly break this mold. The analysis illustrates how in films different forms of religion are gendered quite differently, and explores the way in which religious themes can open up for alternative male and female characters. Different ways of understanding the representations are discussed and related to views on the place and role of religion in the Scandinavian context today. The article draws on the mediatization of religion theory as a theoretical framework, but also highlights the challenges that complex images of gender and religion pose to this theory. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-632182022-02-11T15:07:32Z Beyond Cinematic Stereotypes: Using Religion to Gender Film Characters in Alternative Ways Sofia Sjö In films, religious characters are often gendered in quite traditional ways, but there are some notable exceptions. This article discusses two Scandinavian films that partly break this mold. The analysis illustrates how in films different forms of religion are gendered quite differently, and explores the way in which religious themes can open up for alternative male and female characters. Different ways of understanding the representations are discussed and related to views on the place and role of religion in the Scandinavian context today. The article draws on the mediatization of religion theory as a theoretical framework, but also highlights the challenges that complex images of gender and religion pose to this theory. 2021-02-12T10:12:41Z 2021-02-12T10:12:41Z 2020-09-03 12:19:01 2016 chapter 47053 2414-0201 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63218 eng Journal for Religion, Film and Media image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.schueren-verlag.de/programm/titel/529-in-search-of-the-human-jrfm-2-2016.html https://jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/35 Schüren Verlag In Search of the Human. The Work of the Dardenne Brothers 5b80c228-3393-4862-a8e9-6c35a63484f1 f8f3246c-45a0-4678-8051-e8bd40e9094f 123-140 open access |
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