Guest Worker as a Film Character. Phenomenon of the Yugoslav Economic Emigration in Feature Films and Television Series in the 1970s and 1980s Cover Image

Гастарбајтер као филмски лик. Феномен југословенске економске емиграције у играним филмовима и серијама 70-их и 80-их година
Guest Worker as a Film Character. Phenomenon of the Yugoslav Economic Emigration in Feature Films and Television Series in the 1970s and 1980s

Author(s): Petar Dragišić
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: guest workers (gastarbeiter); Yugoslavia; emigration; film; series

Summary/Abstract: The paper researches the attitude Yugoslav feature films and television series had towards the phenomenon of economic emigrants from Yugoslavia for the period 1970–1980. Special attention was paid to the way the Yugoslav film industry constructed the character of the guest worker and how the key problems of the guest worker’s life were depicted on film and in television series. The research is based on the hypothesis that film reflects not only the personal stance of its author but also the stance of the general public which justifies the need for this kind of sources to be analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 175-190
  • Page Count: 16