Filmic representations of Sicily and Sicilians often cast them as peripheral supplements within the general action. In the case studies I examine in this chapter, entirely based on films set in the minor islands of the Sicilian archipelago, this peripherality corresponds customarily to exoticised, racio-gendered Otherness. In this context, these…[Read more]

Neste trabalho, recorro à análise crítica do discurso para avaliar a justaposição entre a categoria obscura de “democracia liberal” e os epítetos usados para descrever líderes de governo em países não ocidentais em ascensão, avaliando também o papel das caracterizações regionais e étnico-raciais na a formulação desses epítetos. Minha ate…[Read more]

Through the example of Jenkins’ choices for Moonlight (2016), this chapter argues that pre-existing musical cues can link a film’s themes to other minority filmmaking traditions. The song at the center of this chapter, “Cucurrucucú Paloma,” exemplifies the kinds of cultural translations common in transnational queer cinema. It was originally a Me…[Read more]