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Name Shibasaki Sayuri
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Title

Dismantling the “Tragic Mulatta” in American Independent Films: Works by John Cassavetes and Julie Dash

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上智大学アメリカ・カナダ研究所主催Sophia American Studies Colloquium

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2010/01/12

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English

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Domestic conferences

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Verbal presentations (invitation, special)

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上智大学アメリカ・カナダ研究所

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上智大学

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Summary

I explored the representations of “mulatta” women in John Cassavetes’ legendry film Shadows, made in 1959, and Julie Dash’s relatively unknown short film Illusions, made in 1982. I compared and contrasted their cinematic efforts to subvert the “Tragic Mulatta” stereotype and to explore new images of mixed race women in American independent films.

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