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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460110803321

Autore

Swamy Vinay

Titolo

Interpreting the republic [[electronic resource] ] : marginalization and belonging in contemporary French novels and films / / Vinay Swamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-09886-5

9786613098863

0-7391-6538-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

843/.92093552

Soggetti

French literature - 20th century - Influence

Identity (Psychology) in literature

Marginality, Social - France

Motion pictures - France - Influence

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature

French literature - 21st century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.