From Weddings as Resistance to Resistance to Weddings
Un-weddings in the Palestinian Films âVilla Toumaâ and âIn Betweenâ
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This study focuses on two films in which weddings are conspicuously absent, Villa Touma (Suha Arraf, 2014) and In Between (Bar Bahr, Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016). Both films have a distinct focus on weddings: they are mentioned repeatedlyâwhether with longing or loathing, occasionally rendered in the filmsâ hazy perimeters, in ways that mark them as unsubstantial, inane and infecund, but most often they are occasions that end up not happening, non-doings that I call âun-weddingsâ. I examine the significances of this absence, especially as it contrasts with prevailing representations of weddings in Palestinian films that tend to portray weddings in powerful opposition to death and as the fulfillment of a profound personal longing and communal expectations that may also symbolize national aspirations.
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From Weddings as Resistance to Resistance to Weddings
Un-weddings in the Palestinian Films âVilla Toumaâ and âIn Betweenâ
äºMiddle East Journal of Culture and CommunicationSearch for other papers by Ariel M. Sheetrit in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
This study focuses on two films in which weddings are conspicuously absent, Villa Touma (Suha Arraf, 2014) and In Between (Bar Bahr, Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016). Both films have a distinct focus on weddings: they are mentioned repeatedlyâwhether with longing or loathing, occasionally rendered in the filmsâ hazy perimeters, in ways that mark them as unsubstantial, inane and infecund, but most often they are occasions that end up not happening, non-doings that I call âun-weddingsâ. I examine the significances of this absence, especially as it contrasts with prevailing representations of weddings in Palestinian films that tend to portray weddings in powerful opposition to death and as the fulfillment of a profound personal longing and communal expectations that may also symbolize national aspirations.
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