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The Voiceless Rural Women in Films from the Perspective of Female Discourse—— A Case Study of Mountain Cry

Yuyao ZongDepartment of Arts Management and Cultural Communication, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Wanquansi, Fengtai, China*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Women living in village lacked their discourse rights owing to the restrictions in terms of both gender and geography. In China, rural-themed films focused on depicting the fate of those who live in obscurity, in order to present the real rural society. In this paper, the case would be the movie Mountain Cry. To further study the core of feminism while giving an insight into how women’s right has been achieved in rural areas, the research need to find the “unheard one”, which is considered as the portrayal of village women in this movie and analyze the metaphors and plot device in Mountain cry. Although the protagonist was speaking out with such courage and strength, trying her utmost to get rid of the chains from patriarchy, throughout this process of self-redemption, she paid a heavy price. Unfortunately, it’s not just happened in the last century, even today, women’s rights needed be achieved with different sacrifice to make.

Keywords: the other; feminism; rural-themed films; discourse right
Published: May 17, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/3/20220467
Volume: CHR Vol.3
pp. 496-501
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