Revealing Representations: An Intersectional Analysis of Autobiography and Women of Colour in Francophone Comics

• Revealing Representations: Francophone Comics, Women of Colour and Intersectionality

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Micah Leonida

• This inquiry focuses on the diverse representations of marginalized women’s experiences in the texts of Francophone comics or la bande dessinée. This project and its goals are twofold. First, it is about understanding explicit and implicit messages conveyed in contemporary autobiographical French comics written by women of colour. I will analyze the visual and linguistic elements that are unique to the comic book form in order to understand how the personal experiences, self-expressions, and world views of women of colour are visually depicted and linguistically expressed. The second part of this project focuses on the extent to which women of colour writing in French have filtered their unique stories, experiences, and challenges to conform to a French-speaking audience, reflecting their particular societal norms and values. Filters are especially important as they provide insight into the ways in which authors and scénaristes adapt their narratives to accommodate for their readers or audience, their publishers, or for themselves. I will analyze the following comics through a child or humour filter.

• Date created

  2019-04-26

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Intersectionality
  • Kimberlé Crenshaw
  • francophone comics
  • la bande dessinée
  • French
  • français
  • Marjane Satrapi
  • Aurélia Aurita
  • Brigitte Findakly
  • Lewis Trondheim
  • Zeina Abirached
  • Marguerite Abouet
  • Clément Oubrerie
  • race
  • gender
  • sexuality
  • biracial
  • religion
  • qualitative discourse analysis

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-jtwt-mx75

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International