‘I can’t stand the noise of it’: the figure of the child and the critique of colonialism in Jennifer Kent’s the Nightingale

IF 0.4 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION Studies in Australasian Cinema Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/17503175.2020.1756171
Joanne Faulkner
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ABSTRACT The presence in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale of children, and of violence against them, has so far been little commented upon, as much commentary has focused on the film’s depiction of rape and colonial gender relations. Yet key plot points are articulated through violence against a child — and the exclamations at these points by the film’s antagonist, Lt. Hawkins, of “shut it up” and “I can’t stand the ... noise of it,” indicates a critical role played by representations of children that may be turned against colonial power. This article examines the-role of the child as a site of immanent critique of colonial violence in The Nightingale, in the context of the use of representations of childhood in settler-colonial film and culture more broadly.
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“我不能忍受它的噪音”:詹妮弗·肯特《南丁格尔》中孩子的形象和对殖民主义的批判
詹妮弗·肯特的电影《夜莺》中儿童的存在,以及针对儿童的暴力,迄今为止很少有人评论,因为很多评论都集中在电影对强奸和殖民地性别关系的描述上。然而,关键的情节点是通过对一个孩子的暴力行为来表达的——在这些点上,电影的对手霍金斯中尉大喊“闭嘴”和“我不能忍受……”它的噪音,“表明儿童的代表可能会反对殖民主义力量发挥关键作用。本文考察了儿童在《夜莺》中作为对殖民暴力的内在批判的场所的角色,在更广泛的移民-殖民电影和文化中使用儿童的表现。
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Studies in Australasian Cinema FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-
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