Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV
As president and spokeswoman of the French black rights movement, Collectif Egalité, Cameroonian-born novelist Calixthe Beyala is committed to pushing for an improvement in the representation of black people on television in France. This article discusses the ways in which the Collectif has attempte...
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| description | As president and spokeswoman of the French black rights movement, Collectif Egalité, Cameroonian-born novelist Calixthe Beyala is committed to pushing for an improvement in the representation of black people on television in France. This article discusses the ways in which the Collectif has attempted to draw the French public's attention to the lack of 'visible minorities' on French TV. It takes as a test case the controversial figure of Beyala herself who has become something of a minor TV celebrity in her own right. What emerges as an apparent contradiction between Beyala's own media representation and the Collectif's campaign will serve to illustrate the ambivalent positioning of black citizens in contemporary France. |
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| spelling | nottingham-327272020-05-04T20:31:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32727/ Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV Hitchcott, Nicki As president and spokeswoman of the French black rights movement, Collectif Egalité, Cameroonian-born novelist Calixthe Beyala is committed to pushing for an improvement in the representation of black people on television in France. This article discusses the ways in which the Collectif has attempted to draw the French public's attention to the lack of 'visible minorities' on French TV. It takes as a test case the controversial figure of Beyala herself who has become something of a minor TV celebrity in her own right. What emerges as an apparent contradiction between Beyala's own media representation and the Collectif's campaign will serve to illustrate the ambivalent positioning of black citizens in contemporary France. Taylor & Francis 2004-11 Article PeerReviewed Hitchcott, Nicki (2004) Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV. Modern & Contemporary France, 12 (4). pp. 473-482. ISSN 1469-9869 Calixthe Beyala; Collectif Egalité; Television; France; Visible Minorities; Black French http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0963948042000284731 doi:10.1080/0963948042000284731 doi:10.1080/0963948042000284731 |
| spellingShingle | Calixthe Beyala; Collectif Egalité; Television; France; Visible Minorities; Black French Hitchcott, Nicki Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV |
| title | Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV |
| title_full | Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV |
| title_fullStr | Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV |
| title_short | Calixthe Beyala: black face(s) on French TV |
| title_sort | calixthe beyala: black face(s) on french tv |
| topic | Calixthe Beyala; Collectif Egalité; Television; France; Visible Minorities; Black French |
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