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Screening Youth
Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema
Edited by Romain Chareyron and Gilles Viennot
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Book Presentation:
Explores how the topic of 'youth' has inspired Francophone filmmakers to explore and reinvent common tropes associated with young people
Youth has been represented on screen for decades and has informed many directors’ visual, narrative and social perspectives, but there has not been a body of work addressing the richness and complexity of this topic in a French and Francophone context. This volume offers new insights into the works of emerging and well-established directors alike, who all chose to place youth at the heart of their narrative and aesthetic concerns.
Showing how the topic of ‘youth’ has inspired filmmakers to explore and reinvent common tropes associated with young people, the book also addresses how the representation of youth can be used to mirror the tensions – political, social, religious, economic or cultural – that agitate a society at a given time in its history.
Key features
• Deals with contemporary issues such as LGBTQ identities, terrorism or social tensions and inequities in French and Francophone societies
• Presents significant filmmakers whose work has rarely been discussed in an academic setting
• Introduces the works of emerging directors and/or prominent directors from Francophone countries
• Gathers academics from different fields, offering a multi-faceted approach to the topic of youth in filmContributorsKarine Chevalier, University of Roehampton, LondonJuliette Feyel, University of Paris-NanterreFiona Handyside, University of ExeterMaria Flood, Keele UniversityAubrey Korneta, Sarah Lawrence College Kathryn Chaffee, University of California, Los AngelesBen McCann, University of AdelaideEricka Knudson, Harvard UniversityGemma Edney, University of ExeterElizabeth Geary Keohane, University of GlasgowJocelyn Wright, University of Texas - AustinWalter S. Temple, Utah Valley UniversityJeri English, University of Toronto, ScarboroughClaire Boyle, University of Edinburgh Romain Chareyron, University of SaskatchewanGilles Viennot, University of Arkansas
About the authors:
Romain Chareyron is Assistant Professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the co-editor of Screening Youth: Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema (EUP, 2019) and the editor of Trans Identities in the French Media: Representation, Visibility, Recognition (2022).
Gilles Viennot is Assistant Professor of French in the Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures at the University of Arkansas. His areas of study include: contemporary French literature (with an emphasis on Michel Houellebecq); the connections between neoliberalism, technology and family; as well as cinema and TV shows.
Press Reviews:
[...] an innovative text that gathers together diverse approaches to the notion of youth in French-language cinema.– Peadar Kearney, Maynooth University, L'Esprit Créateur Vol. 60, No. 2
Chareyron and Viennot have gathered an impressive array of perceptive essays in this unique examination of films about youth in France and Francophone countries. They illuminate a diverse range of adolescent roles across historical and cultural conditions, providing an exceptional appreciation for how children are depicted across class settings, sexual identities, racial tensions, family dynamics, and adult politics.– Professor Timothy Shary, Eastern Florida State College
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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