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Title: | The Representation of the Illegal Migrant in Contemporary Cinema: Border Scenarios and Effects | Authors: | Schurmans, Fabrice | Keywords: | Border relations; Border representation; Cinema; Illegal migrant | Issue Date: | Oct-2015 | Publisher: | Centro de Estudos Sociais | Serial title, monograph or event: | RCCS Annual Review | Issue: | 7 | Place of publication or event: | Coimbra | Abstract: | This paper analyzes a corpus of films that represent various journeys of illegal migrants. It focuses specifically on the role of the illegal migrant on the border, understood as both a place and a metaphor. After critically examining the notion of border, it explores the recurring characters in this particular kind of film: the illegal migrant who experiences the border, the Western man-in-crisis who is regenerated through contact with the Other, the immigration officer whose own stance toward the suffering of illegal migrants is questioned. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/36574 | ISSN: | 1647-3175 | DOI: | 10.4000/rccsar.622 10.4000/rccsar.622 |
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