Capturing the gaze in film

Feminist critiques of Jewish and Islamic orthodoxy in Israel and Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID3867934
AuthorsYael Shenker (0000-0002-8355-3756, Sapir College, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume6
Issue2
Pages113-131
Publication date2018-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Research on Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2050303218774887
OpenAlexW2883774706
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

This article addresses issues of body and sexuality exposed by documentary films about orthodox Jewish women in Israel and traditional Islamic women in Iran, directed by Anat Yuta Zuria and Ziba Mir-Hosseini (with Kim Longinotto), respectively. These two groups of religious women are faced with some similar circumstances. The directors of these films use their cameras to expose not only the male gaze, but sometimes they also turn their cameras back on the men who perpetuate and benefit from religious legal systems that subjugate these women. The camera thus is not merely a documentary tool but also a political tool revealing what is hidden in the inner sanctum and redeeming it from the "private sphere." This comparison highlights the potential of Jewish feminism in Israel; it challenges it to work in alliance with Islamic women who live either as citizens in Israel or as non-citizens in the occupied territories

Alliance · Feminism · Gaze · Human sexuality · Islam · Judaism · Male gaze · Media studies · Orthodoxy · Political science · Politics · Private sphere · Psychoanalysis · Public sphere · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Turkey's Politics and Society

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