Question:
Describe the complicated gender politics developed throughout Sembène’s film Xala, and how do these politics complicate notions of conventional family relationships? Explore intersections of gender, cultural and sexual politics. In analyzing the film, pay attention to how the narrative unfolds (for instance, through, structure, thematic concerns, stylistic devices, gender roles, characterizations, etc.), substantive issues raised in the film(s), and show sophisticated understandings of the historical, cultural, political, ideological and aesthetic considerations which frame the film.
– Must be in the MLA format (with endnotes NOT footnotes)
