%0 Journal Article
%T Multicultural Galicia in American Popular Memory: Reflections on the Film Three Stories of Galicia
%A Wise, Andrew Kier
%J Rocznik Przemyski. Historia
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/24497347RPH.21.011.14734
%N 1 (26) 2021
%P 273-288
%K Multiculturalism, “myth of Galicia, ” Three Stories of Galicia, “post-racial” America.
%@ 2449-7347
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/rocznik-przemyski-historia/article/multicultural-galicia-in-american-popular-memory-reflections-on-the-film-three-stories-of-galicia
%X 
	 This article deals with 21st-century American perceptions of the multicultural history of Galicia, especially during the interwar period, World War II and the Holocaust. The author primarily examines select books, articles and films that target a broad American audience. In particular, the film Three Stories of Galicia (2010) is analyzed, with a focus on the ways in which American audiences helped shape the directors’ creative process. The Galician stories in the film thus became “Americanized” and “universalized” models for efforts at reconciliation in other troubled multicultural societies. The author also concludes that the “myth of Galicia” featuring the peaceful coexistence of peoples resonates especially with readers and viewers who envision a “post-racial America.”