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Lisbon Stories: Migration, Community and Intercultural Relations in Contemporary Cinema and Literature

Author(s) -

Fernando Ramos Arenas

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of lusophone studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1

H-Index - 2

ISSN - 2469-4800

DOI - 10.21471/jls.v2i1.64

Subject(s) - portuguese , citizenship , movie theater , immigration , intercultural relations , sociology , humanities , art , art history , intercultural communication , anthropology , political science , philosophy , politics , linguistics , law

This essay focuses on immigration in contemporary Portugal and social phenomena related to community, intercultural relations, and citizenship as represented in acclaimed cinematic and literary texts. The objects of analysis are the Brazilian film Terra estrangeira (1996) by directors Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, the Brazilian novel Estive em Lisboa e lembrei de voce (2009) by Luiz Ruffato, and the Portuguese film Viagem a Portugal (2011) by Sergio Trefaut.

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