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Steven Ungar. Critical Mass: Social Documentary In France From The Silent Era To The New Wave. U Of Minnesota P, 2018., Mary Mccullough
Steven Ungar. Critical Mass: Social Documentary In France From The Silent Era To The New Wave. U Of Minnesota P, 2018., Mary Mccullough
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Review of Steven Ungar. Critical Mass: Social Documentary in France from the Silent Era to the New Wave. U of Minnesota P, 2018. Xxii + 300pp.
Immigrants And National Anxieties In 21st-Century Spanish Film, Julia C. Barnes
Immigrants And National Anxieties In 21st-Century Spanish Film, Julia C. Barnes
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
This article analyzes the ways that gender and race inform the portrayals of native-born Spaniards and immigrants in Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World) (1999), Un novio para Yasmina 'A Fiancé for Yasmina' (2008), Retorno a Hansala (Return to Hansala) (2008), Biutiful (2010) and 15 años + 1 día (Fifteen Years and One Day) (2013). These films position the white Spanish man at the center of their stories, even when they are not the sole protagonists. Immigrant men of color, in contrast, are most frequently portrayed as parasitical, delinquent, and criminal. White …