FRIT-F 561: Studies in French Civilization

As a marginal social space disproportionately inhabited by immigrants and minorities, the banlieues surrounding most major French cities have long served as a lightning rod for debates about poverty, (in)equality and critique of state institutions, as well as the weight of race / ethnicity, class, religion (especially Islam), and gender in defining national identity and social citizenship. Using cinema and television as its primary guides, this interdisciplinary course will trace evolving representations of and sociopolitical discourses surrounding the banlieue in France from 1960s through the present, with special emphasis on feature films produced from the mid-1980s through 2020.

This is a hybrid course with synchronous virtual meetings Wednesdays from 3:10-5:10 pm Central / 4:10-6:10 pm Eastern.

This is a Full Semester course. Participants may register for one Full Semester course OR one course each in Winter/Spring I and Winter/Spring II.

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