O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação

Maria’s Grotto is a 2007 film on crimes of honour in contemporary Palestine by Palestinian director Buthina Khoury. The three film narratives converge and repel each other on and off, so that, in the process of rapprochement and mutual exasperation, the film plot comes together in the images, voices...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teresa Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2014-12-01
Series:e-cadernos ces
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/eces/1845
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850258286853488640
author Teresa Cunha
author_facet Teresa Cunha
author_sort Teresa Cunha
collection DOAJ
description Maria’s Grotto is a 2007 film on crimes of honour in contemporary Palestine by Palestinian director Buthina Khoury. The three film narratives converge and repel each other on and off, so that, in the process of rapprochement and mutual exasperation, the film plot comes together in the images, voices and silences of the documentary. One listens to and watches three narratives that evolve throughout time and take shape through the spaces and times where the four stories of those four Palestinian women are told. In this essay I try not only to listen to the voices, but also to see the faces, places, and gestures with which these women interrupt the unbearable loudness of women murdered in Palestine as a result of being accused of dishonouring their families. My main goal is not to theorize about this movie, but rather to reflect upon it based on a feminist post-colonial approach.
format Article
id doaj-art-1d78119c9fdf4251a8cbc98bbc4e1bc0
institution OA Journals
issn 1647-0737
language English
publishDate 2014-12-01
publisher Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
record_format Article
series e-cadernos ces
spelling doaj-art-1d78119c9fdf4251a8cbc98bbc4e1bc02025-08-20T01:56:13ZengCentro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbrae-cadernos ces1647-07372014-12-012210.4000/eces.1845O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da naçãoTeresa CunhaMaria’s Grotto is a 2007 film on crimes of honour in contemporary Palestine by Palestinian director Buthina Khoury. The three film narratives converge and repel each other on and off, so that, in the process of rapprochement and mutual exasperation, the film plot comes together in the images, voices and silences of the documentary. One listens to and watches three narratives that evolve throughout time and take shape through the spaces and times where the four stories of those four Palestinian women are told. In this essay I try not only to listen to the voices, but also to see the faces, places, and gestures with which these women interrupt the unbearable loudness of women murdered in Palestine as a result of being accused of dishonouring their families. My main goal is not to theorize about this movie, but rather to reflect upon it based on a feminist post-colonial approach.https://journals.openedition.org/eces/1845post-colonial feminismsPalestinian nationalismcrimes of honourmasculinities
spellingShingle Teresa Cunha
O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação
e-cadernos ces
post-colonial feminisms
Palestinian nationalism
crimes of honour
masculinities
title O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação
title_full O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação
title_fullStr O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação
title_full_unstemmed O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação
title_short O insuportável ruído dos crimes de honra na Palestina. Maria’s Grotto no coração dilacerado da nação
title_sort o insuportavel ruido dos crimes de honra na palestina maria s grotto no coracao dilacerado da nacao
topic post-colonial feminisms
Palestinian nationalism
crimes of honour
masculinities
url https://journals.openedition.org/eces/1845
work_keys_str_mv AT teresacunha oinsuportavelruidodoscrimesdehonranapalestinamariasgrottonocoracaodilaceradodanacao