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Angels With Dirty Faces: Who Invited Slumdog Millionaire and The Visitor?

Beck, Bernard·2009·Multicultural Perspectives
DOI 10.1080/15210960903116589
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Abstract

Two recent movies, The Visitor and Slumdog Millionaire, exemplify very different ways of dealing with the pains of inequality in modern life. Popular culture celebrates the successes of meritorious individuals from backgrounds of victimization and oppression, but it struggles to find positive themes when social arrangements continue to victimize other meritorious individuals. We may appear to transcend our past inequalities, but we still have present inequalities to struggle against. Similarities to recent political events, the unsettled issues of immigration, the fear of Muslims, and the election of a multiracial President are noted.

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  • The great debaters [Motion picture]

    Black, T. (2007)

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  • El norte [Motion picture]

    Black, T. (1983)

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  • Zorba the Greek [Motion picture]

    Cacoyannis, M. (1964)

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    Colson, C. (2008)

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    Fishburne, L. (2006)

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    London, M. (2007)

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    Musca, T. (1988)

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    Nelson, R. (1963)

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    Shivas, M. (1982)

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Authors
Beck, B.
Affiliations
Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
Beck, Bernard
Venue
Multicultural Perspectives
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2009-08-31
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
146-149
ISSN
  • 1521-0960 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7892
DOI
10.1080/15210960903116589
OpenAlex
W2020880122
Cited by
2
References
9
Citations by year
2016: 1
FWCI
2.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Multicultural Perspectives (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural Identity and Representation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › South Asian Cinema and Culture
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Cinema History and Criticism
Keywords
Slumdog Millionaire, The Visitor, inequality, popular culture, victimization, oppression, immigration, multiculturalism

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