Mixed Feelings in France: White Femininity and M?tissage in French Multicultural Comedy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837673937)

While multicultural comedies criticise hegemonic whiteness and outdated stances on race relations, they simultaneously perpetuate the colonial aesthetic register by deploying a republican gaze - an ironic meta-narrative perspective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 m?tissage (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.

Author: Ewelina Pepiak
ISBN-10: 3837673936
ISBN-13: 9783837673937
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2024
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback