Contribution to Book
They had a dream: out-marching exclusion and hatred
Identities in flux in French literature, television, and film
(2018)
Abstract
This book chapter centers on a 2013 movie entitled La Marche that commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first national anti-racist movement in France.The six-week march was a historical touchstone event that mobilized over 100,000 demonstrators. It was described as France’s equivalent of America's civil rights protests, a 500-mile march from Marseille to Paris, intended to awaken France to state racism, violence and rampant discriminatory practices in its midst. The present chapter examines the way the film La Marche reconstructs this major political event, and how it brings to light the struggle of many for civil, economic and social rights. It also investigates the legacy of this March, its impact on the lives of individuals and the nation. In addressing questions of identity formation and national belonging, this chapter also analyzes how national borders emerge as both violent geopolitical constructs and abstractions related to ideas of difference, otherness, neo-colonialism and transcultural translation.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2018
Editor
Véronique Machelidon, Patrick Saveau
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Citation Information
Jimia Boutouba. "They had a dream: out-marching exclusion and hatred" Identities in flux in French literature, television, and film (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jimia-boutouba/10/