De-colonizing bodies : the treatment of gender in contemporary drama and film

Dramatic literature and film are often political and work to deconstruct and dismantle some of the assumptions of a dominant ideology. Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine, and Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game, show how gender roles are used in oppression and show that other social categories like race, class, and sexuality are interrelated and constructed. This shows the hollowness of the so-called inherent categories that cause “naturalized” divisions between people and groups. Through exploring these works I hope to draw attention to how these artists use theater and film to educate their audiences, as well as challenge them to take control over complicated issues surrounding power and oppression. These writers encourage their audiences to employ social criticism and to re-evaluate the social order that is often naturalized through dominant ideology and discourse.

Authors

• Berlando, Maria Elena
• University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science

• Dissertations, Academic
• Sex role in literature
• Gender identity in literature
• English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Identifier

hdl:10133/648

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opus.uleth.ca:10133/648