Gender, Nation, and Belonging: Representing Mothers and the Maternal in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation

2015 
Abstract In this article, we explore an understanding of gender and motherhood in Asghar Farhadi’s 2011 Oscar winning film, Jodayie Nader az Simin/A Separation, as a contested site where the discourses of gender and nation are constantly being negotiated. We suggest that the film’s unique cinematic language represents a significant contrast to stereotypical portrayals of motherhood in films. Also, by using transnational feminist cinema as a framework, we demonstrate the ways in which Farhadi engages with the relationship between gender and national belonging through a focus on borders, space, and place in contemporary Iran, offering a critique of both fundamentalist nationalist politics and neocolonial Western feminist assumptions. Resume Dans cet article, nous explorons la comprehension du genre et de la maternite dans le film d’Asghar Farhadi, prime aux Oscars de 2011, Jodayie Nader az Simin/A Separation, comme un lieu conteste ou les discours sur le genre et la nation sont en constante negociation. Nous suggerons que le langage cinematographique unique du film est un contraste considerable aux representations stereotypees de la maternite dans les films. De plus, dans le cadre du cinema feministe transnational, nous demontrons les facons dont Farhadi explore la relation entre le genre et l’identite nationale en mettant l’accent sur les frontieres, l’espace et le lieu en Iran contemporain, offrant une critique des politiques nationalistes fondamentales et des suppositions feministes occidentales neocoloniales.
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