Banlieue narratives: voicing the French urban periphery

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Abstract

This paper summarises the aims of the edited volume. The authors of the six contained in it undertook a critical examination of banlieue narratives in literature, music and film. They looked at different art forms and genres within the rich cultural production that reflects the living conditions and perspectives of banlieue residents. Informed by a broad array of theories ranging from postcolonial thought to sociological approaches as well as cultural and gender studies, their papers examine different types of narratives and explore how these have become vectors of a reflection on nationhood, territorial stigmatization and the contemporary cityscape.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalRomance Studies
Volume36
Issue number1-2: Banlieue Narratives: Voicing the French Urban Periphery
Early online date12 Jun 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jun 2018

Funding

This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council [grant number J003921/1] and Horizon 2020 Framework Programme [grant number 734770]. Christina Horvath is Senior Lecturer in French Literature at the University of Bath and co-founder of the AHRC-funded Banlieue Network. Her research addresses urban representations in various art forms, the ‘urban novel’ genre, postcolonial and migrant writing in contemporary France as well as ‘banlieue narratives’. Her current project, Co-Creation, funded by RISE Horizon 2020 explores different methodologies using art to challenge urban marginality in France, Brazil and Mexico. She has published Le Roman urbain contemporain en France (2007, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle), edited a themed special issue of Francosphères (2014/3.2) and co-edited with Juliet Carpenter Regards croisés sur la banlieue (2015, Peter Lang) and Voices and images from the banlieue (2014, Banlieue Network).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Literature and Literary Theory

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