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Palma-Gutierrez, Mauricio (2022) Breaking the Encanto. Journal of Refugee Studies . ISSN 0951-6328
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac027
Abstract
Millions worldwide cope with the vestiges of fleeing due to persecution, material and structural violence, and the impossibility of building a lasting life-project. Many carry on in silence, constantly struggling with finding a place for themselves. Walt Disney’s Encanto depicts some of these conflicts attached to the stillness and invisibility produced amid forced displacement. It is a story of how silence serves as a tool of social discipline, which keeps personal traumas and political claims hidden, and of how in coping with them, we are left to our own devices. It invites a reflection on the need to break the silence that renders struggles in forced displacement invisible.
The movie narrates the story of the Madrigals. Except for Mirabel, the protagonist, and her Abuela, each member of the family has a unique magical gift, which constitutes an integral part of their identities. Yet, they are not willing to talk about the whys or hows surrounding this exclusion. Neither are they inclined to discuss their everyday anxieties or longstanding traumas. It is in silence that Mirabel’s sisters, Luisa and Isabela, deal with deep internal struggles attached to their responsibilities and position in their family. Even though Abuela is aware that their Casita, the magical house they live in, has begun to fall apart, she does not acknowledge it publicly. Her greatest concern is to protect their miracle, the source and means of their gifts, represented by an ever-burning candle she enigmatically received many years ago.
| Item Type: | Book Review | ||||||
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| Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Encanto (Motion picture), Refugees, Internal migrants -- Colombia, Internally displaced persons -- Colombia -- Social conditions., Migration, Internal -- Colombia, Forced migration -- Colombia | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Refugee Studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0951-6328 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Encanto | ||||||
| Official Date: | 26 May 2022 | ||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1093/jrs/feac027 | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Refugee Studies following peer review. The version of record Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez, Breaking the Encanto, Journal of Refugee Studies, 2022;, feac027, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac027 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 May 2022 | ||||||
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