Some Problems with Gendered Subjectivity and Representation

Baise Moi and Hard-Core Pornography

Bibliographic Data

ID22007340
AuthorsTemmuz Süreyya Gürbüz (0000-0002-7540-4216, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume9
Issue2
Pages99-129
Publication date2021-12-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCINEJ Cinema Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-8724 • E-ISSN: 2159-2411
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/cinej.2021.321
OpenAlexW4200141759
LanguageEN
References cited2

Based on a framework developed by the works of critical theorists Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, this article focuses on a reconceptualization of the relationship between representation on screen and the production of sexualities in order to examine the discourse around the film Baise Moi (Despentes and Trinh Thi, 2000). There have been criticisms about the film’s pornographic and violent elements as well as its “bad ending”, arguing that the film results in a reaffirmation of the patriarchal power practices. This article counterargues that such readings remain within the limited territory of seeking an ideal representation of femininity based on the gender/sex binary which Butler’s work has critiqued. The final section of the article aims to demonstrate how Baise Moi conveys a layered audio-visual organization that focuses on the attainability of different sexualities that are not conforming to the idea of universal sexuality through adopting a pornographic aesthetic that provides the means through which the film can overturn gender norms as well as hard-core porn’s idealism

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Femininity · Human sexuality · Political science · Pornography · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subjectivity · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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