Identity encoded in the body. The movie Fortinbras Chronicles by Oksana Chepelyk Cover Image

Tożsamość zakodowana w ciele. Film Kroniki Fortynbrasa Oksany Czepełyk
Identity encoded in the body. The movie Fortinbras Chronicles by Oksana Chepelyk

Author(s): Marta Zambrzycka
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Katedra Studiów Interkulturowych Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Keywords: body; identity; post-colonialism; feminism; movie;

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns feminine physicality as a metaphor of the Ukrainian identity. On the basis of the movie The Chronicles of Fortinbras by Oksana Chepelyk (2002) I show how the body transmits the political, social and cultural content. Oksana Czepełyk combines theory of post-colonialism with the theory of feminism, she analyzes the history of Ukraine, its tragic fate and the traumatic experience of totalitarianism.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 93-105
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish