Mixed Feelings in France: White Femininity and M?tissage in French Multicultural Comedy

While multicultural comedies criticise hegemonic whiteness and outdated stances on race relations, they simultaneously perpetuate the colonial aesthetic register by deploying a republican gaze - an ironic meta-narrative perspective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
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: 03/04/2025
Series: Filmstudies
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9783837673937