Immigration and citizenship from Ken Loach´s approach
Keywords:
cine, inmigración, Ken Loach, sociedad, ciudadanía, cinema, immigration, society, citizenshipAbstract
Using British Ken Loach´s (Nuneaton 1936) particular cinematographic production as reference, this paper addresses the immigration subject reflected in two of his films: Bread and Roses (2000) and Ae Fond Kiss (2004). Ilegal inmigration, second-generation immigrants, multiculturalism, integration and mixture matters (seeing within an Anglo Saxon context), are some issues these films deal with bringing out the nowadays citizenship definition problem. Inclusion and exclusion mechanisms which set up the immigrant position into Contemporary Society are depicted in both films, mainly (but not exclusively) from an economic point of view in Bread and Roses and from a cultural perspective in Ae Fond Kiss. The thorough analysis of dialogues, scenes and characters on both movies aims to highlight the critical speech of this filmmaker emphasizing the more meaningful sociological questions.Metrics
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