"Where Did We Go From There?": Beasts of the Southern Wild's Resistance to Civil Life

After 50 years from the battles for civil equality in the United States, this essay analyzes the film Beats of the Southern Wild (2012) and its African American characters’ refusal to participate into the civic life of their country. As a consequence of a hurricane that reminds of Katrina, the isola...

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Main Author: Elisa Bordin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2016-12-01
Series:Iperstoria
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Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/574