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Challenging Faith And Gaining Power: Women In Film Who Reject And Subvert Religion, Annika Murrah
Challenging Faith And Gaining Power: Women In Film Who Reject And Subvert Religion, Annika Murrah
Religion and Film
This paper examines the ways that women seize power through rejection and subversion of religion by relating women in film to the real world. Rejection of faith is exemplified by characters in the films The Little Hours (2017) and The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018). Subversion of faith is understood through the films Whale Rider (2003), Jennifer’s Body (2009), and Transparent (2014). Narrative analysis of these films is contrasted with studies of orthodox religion as examined by Dr. Brenda E. Brasher and Dr. Mary Gerhart. The importance and effect of women’s newly-gained power is applied to social change as recorded …