Representing ethnicity in contemporary French visual culture

by Joseph McGonagle

Overview

The issue of ethnicity in France, and how ethnicities are represented there visually, remain one of the most important and polemical aspects of French post-colonial politics and society. Representing ethnicity in contemporary French visual culture is the first book to analyse how a range of different ethnicities have been represented across contemporary French visual culture. Via a wide series of case studies - ranging from the worldwide hit film Amélie to France's popular TV series Plus belle la vie - it explores how ethnicities have been represented in contemporary France across a wide variety of different media. Its innovative, interdisciplinary approach and novel subject matter will complement university courses that focus on contemporary French society and visual culture. It will interest those researching and studying French and European film and photography, ethnicity in post-colonial France and visual culture generally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719079559
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/03/2017
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Joseph McGonagle is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies in the French-speaking World at the University of Manchester

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Changing notions of national identity: engaging with ethnicity

2. Shaping spaces: representing people of Algerian heritage

3. From the past to the present: parameters of Jewish identity

4. A multi-ethnic metropolis: representations of Marseille

Conclusion

Index