Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'

This paper examines three dimensions of symbolic violence within a totalitarian state (the elimination of individuality, the preclusion of a sense of community, and the disappearance of the boundary between oppressor and oppressed), which can be identified in two historical cases, the Nazi concentr...

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Main Author: Ilinca-Miruna Diaconu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/267
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description This paper examines three dimensions of symbolic violence within a totalitarian state (the elimination of individuality, the preclusion of a sense of community, and the disappearance of the boundary between oppressor and oppressed), which can be identified in two historical cases, the Nazi concentration camp and the Piteşti experiment, as well as in the 1984 Georgian film Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze.
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spelling doaj.art-07afc6b973a947dc8fb1dc9bd11787822022-12-21T22:51:08ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University PressLinguaculture2067-96962285-94032011-12-012210.47743/lincu-2011-2-2-267Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'Ilinca-Miruna Diaconu0University of Bucharest, Romania This paper examines three dimensions of symbolic violence within a totalitarian state (the elimination of individuality, the preclusion of a sense of community, and the disappearance of the boundary between oppressor and oppressed), which can be identified in two historical cases, the Nazi concentration camp and the Piteşti experiment, as well as in the 1984 Georgian film Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze. https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/267symbolic violencethe Lagerpolitical persecutionthe Pitești experiementthe film Repentance
spellingShingle Ilinca-Miruna Diaconu
Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'
Linguaculture
symbolic violence
the Lager
political persecution
the Pitești experiement
the film Repentance
title Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'
title_full Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'
title_fullStr Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'
title_full_unstemmed Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'
title_short Symbolic Violence in Tengiz Abuladze’s 'Repentance'
title_sort symbolic violence in tengiz abuladze s repentance
topic symbolic violence
the Lager
political persecution
the Pitești experiement
the film Repentance
url https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/267
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