Mixed Feelings in France: White Femininity and Métissage in French Multicultural Comedy

While multicultural comedies criticise hegemonic whiteness and outdated stances on race relations, they simultaneously perpetuate the colonial aesthetic register by deploying a »republican gaze« - an ironic meta-narrative perspective on ethnic minorities. Ewelina Pepiak analyses how gender and ethni...

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Main Author: Pepiak, EwelinaXXuJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Deutschland (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2024
Edition:1st ed
Series:Film
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Online Access:DE-B1533
DE-860
DE-859
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Summary:While multicultural comedies criticise hegemonic whiteness and outdated stances on race relations, they simultaneously perpetuate the colonial aesthetic register by deploying a »republican gaze« - an ironic meta-narrative perspective on ethnic minorities. Ewelina Pepiak analyses how gender and ethnicity are represented in seven contemporary French comedies (2008-2018) including mixed-race couples, focusing on a trope of métissage (biological and cultural mixing) and white femininity. As analyses of ethnic and gender representations remain scarce due to the slow emergence of postcolonial studies in France, this study adds significant insights to the postcolonial debate
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (270 Seiten) 27 SW-Abbildungen
ISBN:9783839473931

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