Constructing “them”: the need to perceive the “other” in a world once “ours”

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2011v16n2p177

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September 11, Cinema and society, Orientalism, Ethnicities and religious prejudice

Abstract

This article proposes an interpretation of the film Yasmin (England/ Germany, 2004), directed by Kenneth Glenaan. The film explores the question of the inclusion of Pakistani immigrants in England at the beginning of the Twenty-First century. These people are directly affected by the reverberations of the terrorist attacks to the twin towers in New York. The narrative deals with the adaptation difficulties of these immigrants due to cultural identity issues, as well as their socio-economic condition in the English society. The film also suggests social relations that seem to be weakly established between the “English I” and the “Pakistani other”: which are evidenced after the events in “September 11 2001”.

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Héder Junior dos Santos, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP

Master in Letters from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP.

Luana Hordones Chaves, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

PhD in Sociology from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG. Professor at the Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais - IFMG.

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SAID, Edward. W. Orientalismo: o oriente como invenção do ocidente. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1990.

XAVIER, Ismail. O discurso cinematográfico: a opacidade e a transparência. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e terra, 1977.

XAVIER, Ismail. Cinema: revelação e engano. In: XAVIER, Ismail. O olhar e a cena. São Paulo: Cosac e Naify, 2003. p. 31-57.

YASMIN. Alemanha e Inglaterra. Direção: Kenneth Glenaan. Produção: Parallax Independent. Intérpretes: Archie Panjabi, Renu Setna, Steve Jackson, Syed Ahmed, Shahid Ahmed, Badi Uzzaman, Amar Hussain, Joanna Booth, Emma Ashton, Rae Kelly, Tammy Barker e outros. Roteiro: Simon Beaufoy. 2004.

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2012-11-16

How to Cite

SANTOS, Héder Junior dos; CHAVES, Luana Hordones. Constructing “them”: the need to perceive the “other” in a world once “ours”. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 16, n. 2, p. 177–192, 2012. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2011v16n2p177. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/11119. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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