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Heterotopian Cinema according to Foucault’s Discourse on Power
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| Sahereh Gholami * |
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Abstract: (9284 Views) |
| Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis focuses
on power relationships in society as
expressed through language and practices.
Heterotopia is also a concept in human geography
elaborated by him to describe
places and spaces that function in non-hegemonic
conditions. These are spaces of
otherness, which are neither here nor there,
that are simultaneously physical and mental.
According to him, heterotopias are
places which have connections with ordinary
spaces and social structures. While
introducing heterotopian characteristics
and functions, Foucault claims that the
places are after all institutions of the power.
Parallel to this, Foucault believes that
since the globalized web and the formation
of different types of heterotpoias, the power
is no more restricted to one center only
but develops through a rhizomatic web of
multiple relations. Now, regarding this approach
to places and knowing that Foucault
considers cinema as a kind of heterotopia,
one can find so many films that,
while following the logic of power, visualize
utopias suspended between reality and
hyper-reality. The common characteristics
of these works, is their stylistic and semantic properties. This article would analyze
the common Foucauldian elements that
can be found in these cinematic works, especially
“One Flew over the Cuckoo's
Nest” and “Fahrenheit 451” to further
reach an intertextual reading and provide a
philosophical analysis of them. |
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| Keywords: power, heterotopia, heterotopian cinema, disciplinary power |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2014/09/24 | Accepted: 2014/09/24
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