'Strange times to be a chicken': The meaning of a metaphor. Issue 2 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chyutin, Dan
• Is Part Of: Short film studies. Volume 6:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Short films -- Periodicals; Short films -- Production and direction -- Periodicals; 791.43
• DOI: 10.1386/sfs.6.2.147_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2042-7824

Abstract

This article addresses Cock Fight's displacement of the Judaic metaphor of 'sacrificial chicken' onto the Palestinian, and its simultaneous reimagining of the Jew as a victimizing 'cock'. Concurrently, it discusses the problematic implications of the film's use of actual chickens as metaphors, which subverts its anti-exploitation political agenda.