CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Ahmed, Sarah Gamal |
|---|---|
| Title | The Contribution of the 2013 Film 'The Mulberry House' to Documenting Women's Resistances in the 2011 Revolution in Yemen |
| Summary | The Mulberry House is a 2013 Sara Ishaq film that documents experiences of resistances that she and women in her family lived during the 2011 revolution in Yemen. I study this film in this thesis as a primary historical source in order to see how it can contribute to Yemeni women’s history of resistances to authoritarianisms. I use an analytical approach in order to interpret the narratives this film provides. In my analysis I look at experiences of bargaining with the patriarchal system as well as the strategies women use to negotiate with the system and challenge it. At the same time, I study the way filmic material captures these moments of resistance to patriarchal authoritarianism as well as the in the way the film characters resist Saleh’s authoritarian regime in the 2011 revolution. I approach the film analytically to explore the role political and social organization play in defining gender within the space of the house and the revolution. I study the stories of resistances in the film as part of a continuum of women’s resistances between the revolution and the negotiation with patriarchy. In addition, my study of The Mulberry House explores the use of a Yemeni documentary film as a historical source. By doing so, I look at how this film contributes to the historicization of women’s resistances in the 2011 revolution in Yemen as well as women’s filmmaking as a form of resistance. |
| Supervisor | de Haan, Francisca Maria |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/ahmed_sarah.pdf |
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