Children of a Lesser God. Language, Communication and Coloniality of Power

  • Pablo Estévez Hernández Escuela Universitaria de Turismo Iriarte
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25145/j.latente.2018.16.004
Keywords: Language, sign language, Children of a Lesser God, Coloniality

Abstract

This paper aims to be an allegorical Reading of the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God. It focuses on the role of language, analyzing the hierarchical patterns stablished in the relationship glimpsed throughout the film, comprehending a parallelism with coloniality and colonial relations.

Published
2018-12-20
Issue
No 16 (2018)
Section
Miscellaneous
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