Cultural Identity & Cinematic Representation

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In his paper "Cultural Identity & Cinematic Representation," Stuart Hall addresses the issue of cultural identity and the cinematic representation. Stuart remarks that there are several definitions of cultural identity. However, he uses it in terms of the idea of "oneness" of people. The definition reflects the common historical experiences ignoring the divisions of the actual sub culture. According to Hall media or Caribbean Cinema has to discover this particular cultural identity. This conception of …

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…part of their identity. Finally, he addresses the issue of the so called new world. Hall regards the new world as a place where different cultures meet and constitute another part of the Caribbean identity. Hall concludes that all the points mentioned should be part of the Caribbean cinema so that every person can be able to construct cultural identity by observing the historic events that have influenced the Caribbean people and created Caribbean culture.