ETHNIC CLEANING! I'm writing a term paper on 'ethnic cleaning' (not cleansing) i.e.- the relationship between ethnicity and the act of 'cleaning', cleaning products and their marketing (i.e.-soap ads.)and also obviously the title is a pun on words- the threat of European (fascist) history repeating itself.... There are three English-speaking European films with cleaning scenes which comically use this link between ideas about race and significations surroundig cleaning and cleanliness. These are - Bagdad Cafe/Out of Rosenheim (Adlon) - Stranger than Paradise (Jarmusch?) - I was on Mars (?) Can anybody out there think of some other films which have distinct scenes in them where a central character is doing some cleaning, where these distinct scenes play around with the significations of clean,pure,white vs. otherising equation of black with filth....? Or any films which are about Europe's past and constructed notions of ethnic purity and necessary clansing? By studying this area I hope to problematise the idea of race itself. ---------------------- trevor barton [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]