Representation of Women in Apartheid Movies; Case Study of movies Winne Mandela and Sarafina

روان‌شناسی فرهنگی زن

Article 2, Volume 11, Issue 41, September 2019, Pages 33-48   

Document Type: Research Article

Authors

Mohammad Bagher Ghahramani¹; Mohammad Javad Bakhtiari^{* 2}

¹University of Tehran, Department of Performing Arts and Music, Tehran, Iran.

²University of Tehran, Department of Candidate in North American Studies, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this article studying the representation of women in the movies which are about South Africa’s Apartheid. Among various movies which have been made about Apartheid as the target group of this study, this article studies the representation of women in two movies of Winnie Mandela and Sarafina, which are selected by targeted sampling methodology. By using the descriptive-analytical method, this article examines the role and the representation of the women in the two mentioned movies. This article uses film Study and film analysis to analyze the selected movies. Finally, it would be concluded that the representation of women in these movies shows kind, hardworking characters, with strong souls. Although they might break the feminine boarders, cross over to the masculine side, play men’s roles, and intervene in the unfamiliar masculine world their feminine aspect pulls them back and they continue to control the situation with their peace and prosperity.

Keywords

Representation of women; Apartheid movies; movies of Winnie Mandela and Sarafina

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