How Far Does Winter's Bone Rely Upon An Understanding Of Its Social Context

To understand whether or not Winters Bone relies on predetermined understanding of its social context it must first be understood what this context is.
In the clip where Ree goes to confront the social context is demonstrated quite well. Here the social context context would be understood as the very niche mirco society of the impoverished American south. A rural and primitive community. This is supported within the clip by mise-en-scene clearly as all the clothes are of the earthly tones and no one wears makeup or jewellery. Tied together with very few shots but repeated as seen with the mid-shot from in front and behind Merab throws her drink at Ree the women drag her into the garage gives the impression of people living to survive. There are no luxuries for the people in the scene so no fanciful or artistic camerawork is used
However, in order to pick up on such subtleties the film does rely on an active viewer. This meaning that they engage with the subtext of the film which highlights the social context here. For example in this same sequence Ree has to be rescued by her uncle whoes first question is "did you hit her" to one of the men. At this Merab (the woman who assaulted Ree) says it was only her and her sisters and no man hurt her. To a passive viewer this would just be a statement of fact but to an active one the subtext behind this would be of the sexism in this micro society and this would then show the primitive views underlining the context here

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