This is the course blog for Studies in National and Regional Cinema, an undergraduate seminar in USC's School of Cinematic Arts
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Roma in France
I am sure most of you are familiar with France's decision to expel hundreds of Roma from France to Romania and Bulgaria, but this article gives a nice synopsis. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/08/romanian-gypsy-leader-com_n_708764.html
Yes, this is a very sad development. It evokes the repatriation of thousands of Albanian refugees from Southern Italy in 1991 -- the historical event that occasioned Lamerica. Rivi notes that the Italian government decided to do that so that they demonstrate to the European Union Italy's full Europeanness and qualify for the Schengen agreement, which established a border-free zone within the core EU zone. Italy had to expel the Other within first...
Yes, this is a very sad development. It evokes the repatriation of thousands of Albanian refugees from Southern Italy in 1991 -- the historical event that occasioned Lamerica. Rivi notes that the Italian government decided to do that so that they demonstrate to the European Union Italy's full Europeanness and qualify for the Schengen agreement, which established a border-free zone within the core EU zone. Italy had to expel the Other within first...
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