Independent Filmmakers and the Invention of the Paris Suburbs

in French Politics, Culture & Society
Author:
Rosemary Wakeman

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3167/fpcs.2013.310105
Keywords:
PARIS; SUBURBS; FILM; IMMIGRATION; HOUSING
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This article examines independent cinematic images of the Paris banlieue from the late 1990s to the present. Independent commercial and television films, documentaries, and amateur movies provide evidence of the changing representation of the Paris suburbs, and the shift from a spectacularized landscape of brutality to a more nuanced rendering of suburban life. It treats independent cinematic readings of the banlieue as related to the romanticized and touristic portrayal of central Paris.

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Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
12
Keywords:
PARIS; SUBURBS; FILM; IMMIGRATION; HOUSING
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2013
Online Publication Date:
01 Mar 2013
Copyright:
© the Institute of French Studies at New York University and the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard University 2013

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