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"Mambo Italiano", 2005.
An examination of sexual orientation and stereotypes in "Mambo Italiano".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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Abstract
This essay analyzes "Mambo Italiano" in terms of how it represents different social groups by using stereotypes and the ideological messages about society that are expressed in the film. The film is a comedy about two gay men and their coming out of the closet rite. The paper describes how the two main characters in the movie are Italian and their difficulties are further enhanced because they live immersed in Italian culture which is often portrayed as very macho and anti-gay yet family and clan oriented.
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Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, 2001.
Critique of Oscar Hijuelas' novel about Cuban immigrant musicians in New York. Issues facing immigrants.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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"In the novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos, immigrants from Cuba in the 1940s travel from Havana to New York to perform music in the dance halls of the period while working at whatever jobs they can get during the day. The road taken by these two brothers is one that has been taken by many others, the road to stardom in whatever field has been chosen. These two want to be mambo kings, but just as have thousands before them, they follow in the footsteps of people they admire (in this case Desi Arnaz and Xavier Cugat), they do whatever they can to be heard and seen, they work at menial job while they hone their art, and they make their way to America as the citadel of opportunity for musicians as for others. The book does a better job of creating a sense of what it means to be an immigrant in a strange land than it does with some of the.."
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