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“You don’t know nothing about being me”: Ideology and Characterisation in When They See Us
Get PDFIn this paper, a range of linguistic and multimodal approaches are used to show how the Us versus Them polarisation between the White and the Black population is construed in the American TV show When They See Us (2019). Starting from the contribution of
linguistic and visual choices at the level of paratext, the study analyses how the representation of the black characters heavily relies on trite stereotypes about food, sport and music. A key role in this polarisation is played by language variation, which also explains why the white characters struggle to make sense of some colloquial expressions used by the black group, ultimately misunderstanding their meaning
"How to begin to understand this child's mind?": mind presentation of Briony Tallis in Atonement
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Il nomadismo linguistico e identitario dell'intellettuale postmoderno: il caso di Rosi Braidotti
No full textL’ incursione all’interno dei territori mappati dai testi della filosofa Rosi Braidotti equivale a compiere un prezioso viaggio d’istruzione tra le molteplici manifestazioni del postmoderno o, se si preferisce, del global. Gli scenari che si incontrano sono fatti di frammenti, mosaici, dislocazioni, connessioni e disconnessioni perfettamente organizzate secondo un rigore stilistico che lascia spazio a forme diverse, dalla narrazione alla teoria filosofica, dal trattato alla poesia.The Linguistic and Identity Nomadism of the Modern Intellectual: The Case of Rosi BraidottiTo explore the territories mapped in Rosi Braidotti’s philosophical texts is like embarking on a precious field trip through the multiple facets of the postmodern, or even, the global. The landscapes we encounter are made up of fragments, mosaics, dislocations, connections and disconnections, which are perfectly organized with a stylistic rigor that accommodates different forms, from narration and philosophical theory to the treatise and poetry
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