El camino al Norte no es cosa de niñosuna reflexión en torno a la inmigración infantil, el cine y la pedagogía

  1. Ibarraran Bigalondo, Amaia 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

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Journal:
Camino Real: estudios de las hispanidades norteamericanas

ISSN: 1889-5611,  3045-7734

Year of publication: 2024

Issue Title: Latinø children’s cultures

Issue: 19

Pages: 69-87

Type: Article

DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR HANDLE: https://hdl.handle.net/10017/63625

More publications in: Camino Real: estudios de las hispanidades norteamericanas

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the way in which unaccompanied children who, for various reasons, embark on the “road to the North” aboard “La Bestia” from South and Central America to the United States, are represented in cinema. To this end, two films of different genres and styles that share the same plot line, the journey of this group, will be analyzed: Rebecca Cammisa’s documentary “Which Way Home” (2009) and the fiction film directed by Patricia Riggen “Under the Same Moon” (2007). This work will also try to propose some reflections in relation to the pedagogical quality of both movies. Specifically, as didactic resources that can be used in secondary and/or higher education classrooms, in order to expose the harshness of the reality of unaccompanied children who go to the United States, and also to generate critical thinking and recognition of the reality of our contemporary societies.

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