LONDON, THE OCCIDENTALIST ‘CITY OF MAN’ IN DIRTY PRETTY THINGS AND ISLAND OF HOPE
LONDON, THE OCCIDENTALIST ‘CITY OF MAN’ IN DIRTY PRETTY THINGS AND ISLAND OF HOPE
Author(s): Catherine MacMillan, Adriana Răducanu Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the depiction of London in two films, the British Dirty Pretty Things and the Turkish Island of Hope, from an Occidentalist approach. It argues that the metropolis acts as a corrupting influence on the immigrant heroes and heroines, turning them from ‘virgins’ into ‘whores’.
Journal: Gender Studies
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 09
- Page Range: 186-205
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English