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The Department of Religious Studies will present the following lecture by Dr. Erin Runions (Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Affiliate Faculty of Gender and Women's Studies at Pomona College in California) on Wednesday, October 28th at 5:30 p.m. in AH118.
The Debate about Patriarchal Violence in Darren Aronofsky's NOAH
Darren Aronofsky's Noah, like many Hollywood films, uses violence toward women to fuel its plotline, even as it heroizes a patriarchal figure. Yet just how the film judges its protagonist is unclear. Attention to its Jewish pre-texts and to the composition of the film raises questions about its seemingly positive evaluation of Noah and his mission. The film's mostly visual subtext about temptation, when read alongside a rabbinic critique of Noah suggests that Noah's violent response to his visions, the flood, and his family perhaps cannot be called righteous after all.
Erin Runions is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Affiliate Faculty of Gender and Women's Studies at Pomona College in California. She brings together politics, culture and the reading of biblical text. Her most recent book is The Babylon Complex: Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty.
Everyone is welcome.
Contact:
Bev Garnett | bev.garnett@uleth.ca | (403) 380-1894 | uleth.ca/artsci