Thank you, Elizabeth! Your idea made me think of Chocolat, too... Stefanie -- Dr. Stefanie Knauss Fondazione Bruno Kessler Centro per le Scienze Religiose Via S. Croce, 77 I-38122 Trento Tel.: +39.0461.314.249 Mobile: +39.346.1268918 Am 14.02.2011 um 16:46 schrieb Elizabeth Ozorak: > Stefanie, > > I recommend Babette's Feast. The women are clearly redemptive. > > Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak > Allegheny College > Meadville, PA USA > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Stefanie Knauss <[log in to unmask] > > wrote: > Hi everybody, > I'm putting together the syllabus for a course on women and religion > in film, and was wondering whether anybody of you had some ideas on > films or secondary material on the topic. > I was thinking of using films like Breaking the Waves or Pope Joan, > trying to work out which roles (active/passive, victim, seductress, > priest etc.) women are given in films and how that relates to the > actual situation in religions (I'll have to limit myself to > Christianity, with some hints on Judaism and Islam). > I'll happy to share the material with the list. > Best, > Stefanie > > -- > Dr. Stefanie Knauss > Fondazione Bruno Kessler > Centro per le Scienze Religiose > Via S. Croce, 77 > I-38122 Trento > Tel.: +39.0461.314.249 > Mobile: +39.346.1268918 >