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The Mother and Son Struggle: The Analysis of “We Need To Talk About Kevin”
Abstract
Mainstream movies reproduce current patriarchal structure and
dominant norm patterns.But even if rarely there are movies that stay
outside the hegemonic gender roles or at least exhibit a neutral stance.
The film of this study We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay,
2011) which is an adaptaion of Lionel Shriver’s novel, asks bold questions
about gender roles and the tasks attributed to women and men. The
film doesn’t impose any idea and not declare a guilty. The main purpose
and problematic of this study is making clear that the film is positioned
outside the mainstream movies through the way it handles the issues on
family, motherhood, mother-child relationship that attributed with almost
sacred values in the modern society. For this purpose and problematic
hidden meanings in the film are being exposed through the method of
semiotic analysis.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 26, 2015
Submission Date
July 27, 2015
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2015 Number: 22
