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

• Autore: Swamy Vinay
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 843/.92093552
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Interpreting the republic
• ISBN: 1-283-09886-5; 9786613098863; 0-7391-6538-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825556303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II