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The Forest as a Gendered Space: Female Characters in European Crime on Screen

Author(s) Dr. Şölen Köseoğlu
Country Turkey
Abstract The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship of the forest space with female characters, a recurring theme in recent detective stories. This article investigates the places with which female characters—appearing as police officers or victims in detective narratives—are shown to be in contact during their lives, as well as the locations in which deaths occur in these stories. Within the scope of the study, ten detective stories shot in Europe in recent years were examined using the content analysis method. The elements to be analyzed are both the images of TV series and movies and the dialogues accompanying the images about the selected locations. The results of this article show that forest is a common element in all productions of different genres, such as movies and TV series, shot in different countries and has been used as a crime location. In the productions examined, forests are generally places that inspire fear, but in some TV series the forest is on the side of women. The forest is also identified with mythological narratives and supernatural events. In contrast to the common focus on urban spaces and the built environment in studies on the relationship between architecture and media, this article uniquely examines the use of forest spaces in certain TV series and movies.
Keywords Cinema, Gender, Forest, Architecture, Television
Field Arts > Movies / Music / TV
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-30
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.64865
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