Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2019)

Interpretation of Día de Muertos in the movie Coco

Authors
Yan Jiang, Ruimei Song
Corresponding Author
Yan Jiang
Available Online May 2019.
DOI
10.2991/ichssr-19.2019.12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Día de Muertos, cultural conceptualizations, Cultural Linguistics, Coco
Abstract

Adopting the analytical tools of cultural conceptualizations in Cultural Linguistics, this study examines cultural schemas of Día de Muertos, a Mexican celebration day of the deceased. It holds that Día de Muertos can be interpreted as event schemas for cultural reconstruction, family reunion and interpersonal bond reinforcement. This distinct cultural phenomenon is fully depicted in the movie Coco through multimodal resources of linguistic choices, colors, images and music, which presents audience a distinct perspective of understanding death in Mexican culture. It concludes that the analytical tools of Cultural Linguistics are effective in investigating cultural phenomenon in films.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-730-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ichssr-19.2019.12How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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