Female Subjects: Defiant Vocal Acts and Empowered Ears
摘要
While the previous chapters explore the cinematic languages constructed through male subjectivity, this chapter focuses mainly on the women’s voice in films directed by women. The chapter focuses on the work of women filmmakers who challenge patriarchal control over women’s bodies, agency, and individuality by depicting men as the “other” and questioning the misogynistic culture. Examining women’s voices and their sonic presence, I scrutinize the representation of genders and their interactions. The voices in these films challenge the restrictions imposed on women after the revolution, such as mandatory veiling, gender segregation, and hierarchical gender roles in Iran. An examination of the voice’s position and its absence will be presented alongside diegetic and non-diegetic auditory perception and how voice and listening disrupt the confines of the patriarchy.