Mixed Feelings in France

Download or read book Mixed Feelings in France written by Ewelina Pepiak and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2024-10-31 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While multicultural comedies criticise hegemonic whiteness and outdated stances on race relations, they simultaneously perpetuate the colonial aesthetic register by deploying a »republican gaze« - an ironic meta-narrative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.