Visionary Critique: Gender, Self and Relationship in Rosetta and Two Days, One Night Journal for Religion, Film and Media

The films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne stand out for their complex, multi-dimensional female and male characters whose representation disrupts gender stereotypes in numerous ways, both in how the characters themselves are depicted and how they are shown to relate to other individuals and their so...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Schüren Verlag 2016
Series:Journal for Religion, Film and Media
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