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Meanings of social realism in English

Russian
социальный реализм
Portuguese
realismo social
Spanish
realismo social
Catalan
realisme social
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International art movement flourishing in the interwar period; reacts to the hardships suffered by people after the Great Crash; involves realist portrayals of anonymous workers or celebrities as heroic symbols of strength in the face of adversity.

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          Usage of social realism in English
          1
          One harks back to the empire while the other attempts social realism.
          The Guardian
          2
          At times, Life's a Breeze strives for a degree of social realism.
          The Irish Times
          3
          Oh no, well-meaning social realism about a war zone!
          The Irish Times
          4
          Photo: screengrab The Christmas song is not a genre that normally lends itself to social realism.
          Radio NZ
          5
          I wanted psychological truths, not representational social realism.
          The great lover
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          The film is not designed as social realism.
          Reuters
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          Yet Sciamma is careful to keep such heightened emotions rooted in the firm soil of social realism.
          The Guardian
          8
          Kim Mordaunt's fantastically moving first film effortlessly yokes a quasi-comic fairy tale to social realism: think Slummier-Dog Millionaire.
          The Irish Times
          9
          The album dealt in social realism.
          The Guardian
          10
          An unlikely mix of social realism and metaphysical speculation is synthesised in something peculiarly powerful and vaguely prophetic.
          The Guardian
          11
          A true original talent, Fassbinder produced a body of work marked by social realism and rooted in emotional honesty.
          The Irish Times
          12
          Zhang deliberately avoids social realism.
          Reuters
          13
          Reflections of social realism in the new South Africa and the 'born-frees' are hardly revealed in newspaper reports or travelogues.
          The South African
          14
          It's possible that Audiard simply couldn't bear not to bound them with a little light violence and added social realism.
          The Guardian
          15
          The obvious problem is that kids would now be prohibited from witnessing many films in the area of social realism.
          The Irish Times
          16
          Her images of the poor and dispossessed in Vienna, while striking, were part of a wider movement of social realism.
          The Guardian
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