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Representations of Minority Women in Banlieue Cinema: Divines and Bande de filles

Schaub, Kayla
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215562826029

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2019, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: French.
In recent decades, women and women’s issues are becoming increasingly visible in cinematic works. Female subjectivities are being showcased on the screen in addition to their diverse origins. The masculinized space of the banlieue, a recurrent backdrop in French cinema, has excluded women or reduced them to secondary or silenced characters. It is my goal to explore this space and its impact on the identities of second-generation women in two films by female directors. My thesis is an examination of how minority women are represented in French banlieue cinema, specifically in Houda Benyamina’s Divines (2016) and Celine Sciamma’s Bande de filles (2014). Dounia and Vic, respectively, challenge gender stereotypes, reject the heteronormative notion of the couple, and resort to petty crime in an attempt to escape the banlieue. I examine how the illicit acts committed by each intimate friend group are inextricably linked to the space the protagonists inhabit. Through their solidarity, the female characters support one another and exhibit agency, thusly, both films contribute to the discourse of minority women in the French banlieue.
Michael Gott, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Therese Migraine-George, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
38 p.
Motion Pictures
banlieue; cinema; space; gender stereotypes; minority women

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  • Schaub, K. (2019). Representations of Minority Women in Banlieue Cinema: Divines and Bande de filles [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215562826029

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  • Schaub, Kayla. Representations of Minority Women in Banlieue Cinema: Divines and Bande de filles. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215562826029.

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  • Schaub, Kayla. "Representations of Minority Women in Banlieue Cinema: Divines and Bande de filles." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554215562826029

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