THE REPRESENTATION OF HOME, GENDER AND BORDERS IN CONTEMPORARY PALESTINIAN CINEMA: ABU-ASSAD’S RANA’S WEDDING AND BACHA’S NAILA AND THE UPRISING

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dc.contributor.authorQamar Hussein Assad Assad
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-17T09:13:11Z
dc.date.available2025-04-17T09:13:11Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-25
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the representation of home, gender, and borders in contemporary Palestinian cinema, providing a critical analysis of how these themes interrelate to reflect the complex social and political situation in Palestine, focusing on Palestinian women. The study examines how the concept of “home” is portrayed not just as a physical space but as a symbol of identity, belonging, and resistance in the face of the Israeli occupation. Drawing on Bhabha’s hybridity and Butler’s theories, the research explores how Palestinian film-makers depict the roles of Palestinian women within the home and the broader national struggle, highlighting their contributions to the preservation of cultural memory and their navigation of both traditional and modern roles. The study also delves into the representation of borders—both physical and symbolic—as they intersect with the notions of home and gender, emphasizing how these borders impose constraints on movement, identity, and autonomy. By analyzing Abu-Assad’s Rana’s Wedding and Bacha’s Naila and the Uprising (2017), this thesis uncovers the ways in which Palestinian cinema challenges and redefines conventional narratives of nationhood, gender, and belonging, capturing the stories of self-empowered Palestinian women. The study demonstrates the complexities of Palestinian women’s lives under Israeli occupation, and the resilience of the Palestinian identity of these Palestinian women. The study analyse two journeys of two Palestinian women, from individual memory, which in turn opens the doors to the memories of all the Palestinian women, to collective memory, and from there to the memory of a wounded homeland whose scars are still visible to this day. Finally, the study offers Palestinian women a higher position than the conventional Palestinian man in defending the Palestinian case, emphasizing over the importance of the Palestinian woman participation in politics as a mother nurturing the future generation and an active political activist.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11888/20031
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherجامعة النجاح الوطنية
dc.supervisorDr. Ahmad Qabaha
dc.titleTHE REPRESENTATION OF HOME, GENDER AND BORDERS IN CONTEMPORARY PALESTINIAN CINEMA: ABU-ASSAD’S RANA’S WEDDING AND BACHA’S NAILA AND THE UPRISING
dc.title.alternativeتمثيل الوطن والنوع الاجتماعي والحدود في السينما الفلسطينية المعاصرة
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