Hussing, Kira (2017) Regretting Motherhood in Maria Speth’s Madonnen (2007). NPPSH Reflections, 1. pp. 78-82. ISSN 2565-6031

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Abstract

This article will demonstrate how the mise - en - scène of the German film Madonnen by Maria Speth (2007) reflects maternal regret by creating a visual discontinuity and/or distance between mother and children. In addition, the iconography as well as the camera work will bring into question a German society that generally celebrates a st rong myth of motherhood as a woman’s ultimate fulfillment. The taboo on discussing maternal regret in Germany has recently been broken: Orna Donath (2015, p. 362) and Christina Mundlos (2016, p. 14) argue that it is important to distinguish between the lov e of mothers for their children, which they definitely feel, and the aversion to the role of being a mother.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	film; cinema; Germany; German film; motherhood; regret; mise-en-scene; NPPSH;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Research Institutes > An Foras Feasa
Item ID:	8297
Depositing User:	NPPSH Editor
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2017 08:19
Journal or Publication Title:	NPPSH Reflections
Publisher:	Maynooth Academic Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Organisation
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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