sareh amiri; Ehsan Aqababaee
Abstract
this study aims to answer the question that how the image of the intellectual woman is constructed in the Iranian movies? In order to achieve the purpose, 13 movies, which have been selected by purposive sampling method, have been analyzed through the «narrative analysis« method and ...
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this study aims to answer the question that how the image of the intellectual woman is constructed in the Iranian movies? In order to achieve the purpose, 13 movies, which have been selected by purposive sampling method, have been analyzed through the «narrative analysis« method and considering the «specific intellectual« theory of Michel Foucault. Results show that in the Iranian movies specific intellectual woman is an independent, employed, educated woman who stands against the family rules. Hence, «family« is the main functional zone of intellectual women; and the narrative of these women in the cinema is the construction of «the conflict between inside and outside intellectual« in the 1980’s, construction of «the rebellious modern intellectual« in 1990’s and construction of «defeated modern intellectual« in 2000’s. Finally, construction of these concepts are related to dominant political discourses. political discourses. Keywords: Intellectual Woman; Specific Intellectual; Narrative Analysis; Michel Foucault; Sociology of Film
