Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
12-10-2021
Year of Publication
2022
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Modern and Classical Languages, Literature and Cultures
First Advisor
Dr. Nisrine Slitine El Mghari
Abstract
It is evident that in the realm of gender studies concerning the Maghreb, many scholars have studied literary texts from prominent female Maghrebi writers such as Assia Djebar and Fatima Mernissi. However, certain forms of expression have been neglected, such as film. The purpose of this work is to analyze and evaluate how cinema has portrayed the situation of women in the postcolonial Maghreb. I will be examining two examples of Maghrebi cinema which include the Tunisian film Les silences du palais by Moufida Tlatli and the Algerian film Viva Laldjérie by Nadir Moknèche. Through the examination of these two films it is clear that both address larger issues experienced by Maghrebi women such as objectification, classism, and gender violence, while also portraying issues specific to each country such as imperial structures that suppress women in Tunisia, and rising extremism in Algeria.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2022.006
Recommended Citation
Mills, Danielle, "LES REPRÉSENTATIONS FÉMININS DANS LE CINÉMA MAGHRÉBIN: L'EXPÉRIENCE DES FEMMES ET LE RÊVE FÉMINISTE DANS LES SILENCES DU PALAIS ET VIVA LALDJÉRIE" (2022). Theses and Dissertations--Modern and Classical Languages, Literature and Cultures. 10.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/mcllc_etds/10
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