Frames and agendas in Italian films about Chinese migrants
In this article, I provide a critical framework to approach the growing number of Italian fiction and documentary films on Chinese migrants in recent years. I contend that Italian cinema deploys two main frames to depict this migration, including paralleling organized crime and negotiating business...
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| description | In this article, I provide a critical framework to approach the growing number of Italian fiction and documentary films on Chinese migrants in recent years. I contend that Italian cinema deploys two main frames to depict this migration, including paralleling organized crime and negotiating business competitions and collaboration. A minor frame concerns practicing intercultural education. By examining the processes of these frames and the specific agendas that they support, I suggest that they addressed “migrants” social, economic and cultural capital in relation to pre-existing social and media dynamics. Thus these films partook in a rather complex representational regime about this migration, which is part of a larger Italian culture of mobilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c55023fb55f4ea38e60547db177e5e12022-12-22T02:46:28ZengFirenze University PressLea1824-484X2020-12-018810.13128/lea-1824-484x-10979Frames and agendas in Italian films about Chinese migrantsGaoheng Zhang0University of British ColumbiaIn this article, I provide a critical framework to approach the growing number of Italian fiction and documentary films on Chinese migrants in recent years. I contend that Italian cinema deploys two main frames to depict this migration, including paralleling organized crime and negotiating business competitions and collaboration. A minor frame concerns practicing intercultural education. By examining the processes of these frames and the specific agendas that they support, I suggest that they addressed “migrants” social, economic and cultural capital in relation to pre-existing social and media dynamics. Thus these films partook in a rather complex representational regime about this migration, which is part of a larger Italian culture of mobilities.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/10979agendachinese migrantsfilmic representationsframe |
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