Objective: Cinema represents political, social and cultural realities. The discourse analysis of Laklau and Moufee also represents the realities of the linguistic text according to components such as ideology, society, culture and politics. The representation of disability in the media is important in the sense that the media plays an important role in creating and changing attitudes towards disability. The aim of the research is to show how the social elements of disability have been reinforced or reproduced in the movie "Mime Like Mother" and what meaning system has been formed around disability in the society. Method: The film "Mime Like Mother" was analyzed at two levels of text and performance with the conceptual and methodological tools of Lacla and Mouffe. Then the complete data of the film were described and analyzed using the discourse components proposed in their theory. Results: Three articulations (articulation of the character of the mother, the character of the father, and the character of the disabled person) and three discourse orders (rational, emotional, violent discourse) were achieved. Conclusion: The research results showed that what has been represented in this film about disability is based on three existing discourses; while the emotional discourse is highlighted, the rationality of rejection and the violent discourse are marginalized.
niyazi M, hellali sotodeh M, omidi Z. Discourse Analysis of the Film “Mime Like Mother” with the Approach of Laklau and Moufee. JOEC 2024; 24 (1) : 7 URL: http://joec.ir/article-1-1759-en.html