French minority cinema [electronic resource] / Christina Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Cristina.

Series:

Contemporary cinema ; 6.

Contemporary cinema, 1572-3070 ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures, French.

Minorities in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Through the prisms of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, French Minority Cinema explores key questions of identity and social interaction in the context of republican France, across two significant ‘minority’ cinemas: cinéma de banlieue and gay cinema. It offers the first comprehensive parallel study of these two bodies of film and their inter-relations, examining issues of national cinema and identity and the problematic status of minorities within the contemporary Republic. Against a backdrop of political and media debates on the PACS, parity, the affaire du voile and the French principle of laïcité , banlieue youth dissatisfaction, and gay parenting, French Minority Cinema charts the negotiatory discourse that has emerged through, and around, a core corpus of films released over the past two decades. This study will be of interest to scholars and students alike, working in the fields of French, Film, and Gay and Lesbian/Queer Studies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Ethnicity: From bleu, blanc, rouge to black, blanc, beur… and back again

Genders and Discourse

Sexualities

Conclusion

Works Cited and Consulted

Filmography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-197) and index.

Includes filmography (pages 199-200).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-79303-9

9786612793035

90-420-3111-5

OCLC:

670411604

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042031111 DOI