Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 42 | 111 | 2019
Research Article | The Representation of Immigrant Women in Spain Through Cinema and Spanish Literature of the 21st Century

The Representation of Immigrant Women in Spain Through Cinema and Spanish Literature of the 21st Century

This article discusses the female immigrant of the 21st century in Spain from a cinematographic and literary point of view. After explaining what immigration is and which are the factors that influence this growing phenomena, several films cinema and literaty works dealing with immigration are presented: the movies A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (2001) by Daniela Féjerman, Canciones de amor en Lolita’s Club (2007) by Vicente Aranda, Evelyn (2012) by Isabel de Ocampo, and the novels La patera (2000) by Mahi Binebine, Las voces del Estrecho (2016) by Andrés Sorel, Deshojando alcachofas (2005) by Esther Bendahan. On one hand the selected films and books give an overview of the immigrant women focusing on stereotypes and prejudices shared by Western societies. On the other hand, they give a realistic and objective representation, showing the inferior position and the exploitation that the immigrant women have to endure.


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Submitted: Dec. 4, 2018 | Published: June 21, 2019 | Language: es

Keywords Immigration Women Immigrant Mujer España Literatura | Inmigración Literature Cinema Inmigrante

Copyright © 2019 Giulia Bortoli. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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