My essay “Orientalist Rhetoric in Un cuento chino and Biutiful: Is it Possible to Turn the Discourse on Itself?” was just published as part of a collection titled Transnational Orientalisms in Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Cinema. After exploring narrative analysis that focused on cinema in a couple of conference presentations during the last few years, this essay is the first publication on the subject. Beyond the reflection on Un cuento chino and Biutiful, it contains essays that examine Marko Zaror’s films, Retorno a Hansala by Chus Gutiérrez, and the Brazilian film O ano em que meus pais sairam de férias. Congratulations and thanks are due to my colleague Michele Dávila Gonçalves who edited the collection and whose determination brought the project through publication.
