基本説明
This book proposes a new series of perspectives and questions on an old and 'familiar' topic, exploring the state and status of the family in contemporary literature, culture, critical and psychoanalytic theory and sociology.
Full Description
'Famille, je vous ai (encore et toujours à l'esprit?), je vous aime un peu, beaucoup, ou je vous hais énormément?' What are families like in contemporary France? And what begins to emerge when we consider them from the point of view of recent theoretical perspectives: (faulty) cohesion, (fake) coherence, (carefully planned or subversive) deconstruction, loss (of love, confidence or credibility), or, even (utter) chaos and (alarming) confusion? Which media revamp old stereotypes, generate alternative reinterpretations, and imply more ambiguous answers? What images, scenes or frames stand out in contemporary representations of the family? Uneasy contradictions and ambiguities emerge in this bilingual collection of approaches and genre studies. The family plot seems to thicken as family ties appear to loosen. Has 'the family' been lost from sight, or is it being reinvented in our collective imaginary? This book proposes a new series of perspectives and questions on an old and 'familiar' topic, exploring the state and status of the family in contemporary literature, culture, critical and psychoanalytic theory and sociology.
Contents
Introduction
Marie-Claire BARNET
I. Les Femmes d'abord
Michael SHERINGHAM: The Law of Sacrifice: Race and the Family in Marie Ndiaye's En famille and Papa doit manger
Shirley-Ann JORDAN: Figuring Out the Family: Family as Everyday Practice in Contemporary French Women's Writing
Nathalie MORELLO: Maudire, dire les maux ou chercher les mots pour le dire? L'écriture du souvenir dans la fiction de Lorette Nobécourt
II. Contes familiaux
Catherine RODGERS: Dans la pente du toit d'Anne-Marie Garat: élaboration, déconstruction du conte familial
Owen HEATHCOTE: Coming Out of the Family? Julien Green's Jeunesse (1974), Hervé Guibert's Mes Parents (1986) and Christophe Honoré's L'Infamille (1997)
Loraine Day: Ordinary Shameful Families: Annie Ernaux's Narratives of Affiliation and (Mis)alliance
III. Histoires d'Art
Annie RICHARD: La Famille autofictive de Sophie Calle
Nigel Saint: Pascal Convert and the Family: History, Conflict and Creativity
IV. Les Enfants en plus
Robert SILHOL: Le Nom du Père: la métaphore paternelle chez Lacan
Philippe MET: Horreur du noir: les nouveaux 'enfants terribles' du Cinéma Français
Jane WALLING: 'Les enfants d'abord': Home and Alternative Schooling in Contemporary France
V. La Famille au cinéma
Carrie TARR: Family Differences: Immigrant Maghrebi Families in Contemporary French Cinema
Fiona HANDYSIDE: Girls on Film: Mothers, Sisters and Daughters in Contemporary French Cinema
Georgiana COLVILE: Où va le roman familial? Chaos de Coline Serreau (2001)
VI. Ordre et désordre familiaux
Kathryn ROBSON: Family Histories: Reproduction, Cloning and Incest in Louise Lambrichs
Gill RYE: Family Tragedies: Child Death in Recent French Literature
Phil POWRIE: La Famille (du cinéma) en désordre: Roudinesco and Contemporary French Cinema
Marie-Claire BARNET: Scènes de remue-(ménage): Les airs de famille de Valérie Mréjen
Notes on Contributors
Index
