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- Feminism in post-dictatorship Iberian cinemas: Monique Rutler and Cecilia BartoloméPublication . Liz, MarianaThis article compares Monique Rutler’s Jogo de Mão/Sleight of Hand (1983) with Cecilia Bartolomé’s Vámonos, Bárbara/Let’s Go, Barbara (1978). As such, it sheds light on the links between Iberian cinemas developing after the democratic turn in both countries. Focusing specifically on matters of gender, this article contributes to the growing body of work in women’s film history across Europe. Considering the value of time and space as analytical categories in women’s cinemas, it affirms these films and directors beyond the much more common and defeating assertion of their apparent marginality. The article begins by exploring the extent to which Sleight of Hand and Let’s Go, Barbara can be located in – and set apart from – canonical understandings of Portuguese and Spanish cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. Through detailed textual analysis, it then investigates the way in which these films allow for an examination of key issues in feminism and the way in which feminism intersects with nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Finally, the article proposes that further comparative research into female filmmaking in Europe is needed, and that this will be especially fruitful for the re-conceptualization of peripheral European cinemas.
- Netflix’s transnational identities: from europeanness to cosmopolitanism in sex educationPublication . Liz, MarianaA British creation, Netflix’s original hit series Sex Education (2019–23) casually navigates local, national and global references. British and American protagonists appear from the first episode, joined by international characters from northern Europe and francophone Africa, although not much is made of these supposedly foreign identities. As much as the period in which the show is set cannot be easily pinpointed, since references to different temporal eras are screened in a vibrant mix of songs, patterns and colours, so does identity appear as fluid, constructed as a diffuse mix of accented languages, native idioms and cultural backgrounds. Aiming to unpack this apparently harmonious mix, this article focuses on Episode 5 of the third season, in which Eric travels to Nigeria with his family, while the remaining students go on a study trip to France. It asks what visions of hyphenated identities emerge, as well as what representations of Europe are put forward. From First World War trenches to romance, from toilet humour to rude French characters, the episode disparages ‘Europeanness’ and instead foregrounds the value of cosmopolitanism. It thus contributes to our understanding of the idea of Europe and its future, as framed by global audio-visual cultures.
- Marginality, resilience and escape: home in Ana Rocha de Sousa’s ListenPublication . Liz, MarianaRepresentations of the home are a central point for discussion in contemporary Portuguese cinema. From being a prime site for the understanding of gender inequality, to allowing for examinations of untamed urban expansion, the home has also featured in Portuguese films of the past decades as a proxy for social identity. The significance of the home for marginalised communities is the focus of this article, which examines Ana Rocha de Sousa’s Listen (2020). A Portuguese and British coproduction, Listen tells the story of a Portuguese immigrant family to the UK and their battle against social services, who take their children into custody. By presenting it as their last resource, as the space in which they are attacked but also reorganise for retaliation, Listen values the home not only as built infrastructure, but also as a signifier for unity, family and cultural and linguistic identity. Structured around three key plot points of the film that coincide with keywords featuring in recent feminist scholarship (marginality, resistance and escape), this article argues a discussion about global Portuguese cinema, and this film in particular, illuminates ongoing debates about the significance of the home and its relationship to class and gender in contemporary European film.