Interpreting the republic : marginalization and belonging in contemporary French novels and films / Vinay Swamy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swamy, Vinay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--20th century--Influence.

French literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Marginality, Social--France.

Marginality, Social.

Motion pictures--France--Influence.

Motion pictures.

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.

French literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Begag, Azouz, 1957---Criticism and interpretation.

Begag, Azouz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interpreting the Republic focuses on contemporary French literary and cinematic works (1986-2003) to reflect on what it means to belong to a nation such as France. Vinay Swamy demonstrates how supposedly unshakeable principles based on French republican ideals, can be, and often are, (re)interpreted in novel ways by the works analyzed in this study, which carve out niches for their protagonists that are otherwise foreclosed in the French national space.

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Ethnicizing the National, Nationalizing the Ethnic; Chapter 02. The Society of Spectacle in Post-9/11 France; Chapter 03. Reading Gender into Ethnicity; Chapter 04. Of Lesbians and Cross-dressers; Chapter 05. In the Shadow of the Republic; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31102-7

1-283-09886-5

9786613098863

0-7391-6538-0

OCLC:

727970709