representation

• bell hooks feminism in the returned

  • feminism is a struggle to end patriarchal oppression
  • we live in a society for men, built by men
  • returned adheres: 2 people are murdered by men and one woman devoted her life to her dead husband
• butler gender perfomativity in the returned

  • typical gender roles don't exist
  • victor is the only one not displaying or adhering to this by having neither male or female qualities
• Gerbner cultivation theory: representation

  • representations shape how we perceive the world
• adele reprentation: Gerber cultivation

  • wedding dress represents traditional gender roles and how women should be emotional
  • regressive representation of women
• victor's mother: Gerber cultivation

  • caring nurse which reflects typical women in French towns
• no empathetic men representation: Gerber cultivation

  • victor: shows no emotion
  • mr costa: kills himself and his wife which is regressive and adheres to dominant ideologies of toxic masculinity
• representations of THE RETURNED in the returned

  • in past decade, zombie thrillers have became mainstream due to the unknown 9/11 threat
  • the 'zombies' aren't blood thirsty: unconventional
  • SETTING: mountains and dam highlight human insignificance
  • living are more dangerous than the dead (mr costa)
  • deliberate enigma codes and rhetorical questions
  • allegory of accepting refugees