Parody of political correctness or allegory of “Immaterial Labour”? A second look at Francis Veber’s Le Placard (2001)

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Parody of political correctness or allegory of “Immaterial Labour”? A second look at Francis Veber’s Le Placard (2001)

This article questions whether readings of Francis Veber’s Le Placard (2001) as simply a parody of political correctness have tended to overlook the allegorical significance of its depiction of a middle-aged executive forced to pretend to be gay, simulating libidinal investments he does not in fact...

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Main Author:	Lane, Jeremy F.
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage 2015
Subjects:	Le Placard (2001); political correctness; immaterial labour; cognitive capitalism; Yann Moulier Boutang; work; gender; sexuality; family; nation.
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33915/

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