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Race and Theatre in France: By Sylvie Chalaye

Race and Theatre in France: By Sylvie Chalaye

Miller, Judith G.
Miller, Judith G.

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, Book 103

General DramaGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1802071881
ISBN13: 9781802071887
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Sep 19 2025
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

These well-researched essays speak to the situation of African-descended artists on the French stage, especially in prestigious government-subsidized theatres. Through documentation, historical analysis, close attention to productions, and witnessing by Black French-speaking artists, Chalaye uncovers and critiques the unacknowledged racialization (and racism) that have circumscribed the careers of Black actors. She ascribes responsibility for this frustrating situation in large part to the lingering impact of the colonial empire on the French imaginary, one that sees otherness in French people perceived as non-white. She calls for a recognition of how race and racial tropes have operated in French theatre and she advocates exploding the concept of race, while creating a theatre that represents the multicultural country that France has become. A translator's preface examines the concepts of race, nation, and theatre as they operate in France and in the Anglo-American sphere, inviting readers to compare the impact of multiculturalism with the notion of the universal human.

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