“A FALSE CREATION” – STAINS IN THE GLOSSY WORLD OF IMITATION OF LIFE

Authors

  • Antonio João Teixeira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v66i0.5113

Keywords:

melodrama hollywoodiano, racismo, subversão, Hollywood melodrama, racism, subversion

Abstract

In this article I try to show that the film Imitation of Life is more than a typical Hollywood family melodrama of the Fifties, a current reading of the film. For that purpose, I propose a reading that reveals, through the analysis of the films miseen- scène and characterization, the subversion of characteristics of the genre in which the film can be included and an acerbic criticism of the excluding and perverse American way of life.

How to Cite

Teixeira, A. J. (2005). “A FALSE CREATION” – STAINS IN THE GLOSSY WORLD OF IMITATION OF LIFE. Revista Letras, 66. https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v66i0.5113

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