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Beteiligte: Keene, Judith
In: International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, 12, 2016, 1, S. 95-113
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Intellect
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Umfang: 95-113
ISSN: 1740-8296
2040-0918
DOI: 10.1386/macp.12.1.95_1
veröffentlicht in: International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: Intellect (CrossRef)
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Historians and cultural theorists have recognized the power of cinema to provide narratives that give shape and coherence to the past. The trope of the child witness has had a particular provenance in European cinema that has chronicled war and trauma. This article tracks the ways in which the device has been employed and re-employed since World War II, chronicling the social and psychological legacies of war violence: in Europe and in Italy after World War II; in Spain during the early years of the Franco dictatorship; and in Spanish cinema after three decades of democracy.</jats:p>