Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western

Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western

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In this paper on Manuel Poirier’s 1998 film Western, I explore the Peruvian-born director’s construction of Europe as a ‘home’ for non-European immigrants and Europeans alike. Through his appropriation and creative re-signification of the conventions pertaining to the genre of the American western,...

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Main Author: Helene Catherine Sicard-Cowan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2007-10-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Subjects:
Transmigration
Gender
Online Access:http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/423
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spelling doaj-74e292148392445da4bc6cbe489dcdf12020-11-24T23:28:43ZengUTS ePRESSPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies1449-24902007-10-0142Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film WesternHelene Catherine Sicard-CowanIn this paper on Manuel Poirier’s 1998 film Western, I explore the Peruvian-born director’s construction of Europe as a ‘home’ for non-European immigrants and Europeans alike. Through his appropriation and creative re-signification of the conventions pertaining to the genre of the American western, Poirier projects an image of the French equivalent of the American Far West, i.e. the region of Brittany, as a micro-version of an idealized Europe in which non-European male immigrants turn into friends, lovers and hosts for their homeless, jobless and/or loveless European counterparts.http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/423TransmigrationGender
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Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western
PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Transmigration
Gender
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title Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western
title_short Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western
title_full Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western
title_fullStr Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western
title_full_unstemmed Beyond Eurocentrism: Manuel Poirier’s Breton Road-film Western
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publisher UTS ePRESS
series PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
issn 1449-2490
publishDate 2007-10-01
description In this paper on Manuel Poirier’s 1998 film Western, I explore the Peruvian-born director’s construction of Europe as a ‘home’ for non-European immigrants and Europeans alike. Through his appropriation and creative re-signification of the conventions pertaining to the genre of the American western, Poirier projects an image of the French equivalent of the American Far West, i.e. the region of Brittany, as a micro-version of an idealized Europe in which non-European male immigrants turn into friends, lovers and hosts for their homeless, jobless and/or loveless European counterparts.
topic Transmigration
Gender
url http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/423
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