Con la Historia a cuestas: 'Lone Star', de John Sayles (Carrying the Burden of History: John Sayles's 'Lone Star')

Ibercampus (Dec. 28, 2020)

9 Pages Posted: 16 Mar 2021

Date Written: 2010

Abstract

Spanish abstract: 'Lone Star' (John Sayles, 1996) es una película sobre la etnicidad y sobre el peso del pasado tratado aquí de manera reflexiva. Es un tema inevitablemente presente en las películas norteamericanas (o en muchas de ellas) pero a menudo sólo como parte del trasfondo, o evitado en el desarrollo de la historia principal. Aquí está en el centro —y los dos temas son en realidad el mismo: cómo las relaciones entre comunidades étnicas en el presente están marcadas y condicionadas por lo que han sido sus relaciones (de opresión, de confrontación) en el pasado.

English abstract: 'Lone Star' (John Sayles, 1996) is a film on ethnicity and on the weight of the past, which is dealt with here in a reflexive mode. It is a subject which is inevitably present in many American films, but as a rule merely as part of the background, and usually avoided in the unfolding of the main storyline. Here it is at the centre, and both subjects are really the same: the way in which the relationships between ethnic communities in the present are marked and conditioned by the history of their relations (of oppression or confrontation) in the past.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Ethnicity, Identity politics, Film studies, Films, John Sayles, Texas, Border, Multiculturalism

Suggested Citation

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, Con la Historia a cuestas: 'Lone Star', de John Sayles (Carrying the Burden of History: John Sayles's 'Lone Star') (2010). Ibercampus (Dec. 28, 2020), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3756848

Jose Angel Garcia Landa (Contact Author)

Universidad de Zaragoza ( email )

Gran Via 2
Zaragoza, 50005
Spain

HOME PAGE: http://www.garcialanda.net

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