Title: Declining the stereotype
First published: 1998
Description: Against the background of increasing population diversity in contemporary France and its attendant social tensions, Mireille Rosello analyzes how minorities within French cultures have dismantled stereotypes, and then extrapolates techniques that other marginalized groups might employ. Experiences drawn from Jewish, Maghrebian, and Black communities inform Rosello's observations.

By examining current French novels, films, and other media where stereotypes of the ethnic other are confronted and reappropriated, the author reveals ways to recognize, subvert, and defuse a wide range of harmful stereotypes. Whether offering a brilliant reading of Coline Serreau's 1992 film La Crise or probing Baudelaire and Hugo for relevant clues, Rosello engages readers with creative insight, impeccable scholarship, and clarity of expression.
Subjects: French literature, History and criticism, Stereotype (Psychology) in literature, North Africans in literature, Africans in literature, Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature, Littérature française, Histoire et critique, Stéréotypes dans la littérature, Maghrébins dans la littérature, Africains dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, French, Frans, Letterkunde, Stereotypen, Thèmes, motifs, Maghrébins, Dans la littérature, Africains, Stéréotype (psychologie)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ307.S73 R67 1998