Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers

Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers

This article follows the lead of Richard Dyer and Devon Carbado in naming whiteness as a racial identity and uses intersectional analysis to explore Jacques Audiard’s depiction of race and gender in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers. Both movies depart from the gender norms of earlier Audiard films b...

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Hoofdauteur: Mason, Laura
Formaat: Article ou chapitre numérique
Taal:Anglais
Gepubliceerd in: Mise au point 2023
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genre
banlieue
violence
intersectionnalité
western
gender
intersectionality
westerns
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:map_5937 https://doi.org/10.4000/map.5937 urn:doi:10.4000/map.5937 en https://journals.openedition.org/map/5937 2023-02-07T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/i3p7 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers Mise au point Association française des enseignants et chercheurs en cinéma et audiovisuel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2261-9623 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/map Mason, Laura genre banlieue violence intersectionnalité western gender banlieue violence intersectionality westerns This article follows the lead of Richard Dyer and Devon Carbado in naming whiteness as a racial identity and uses intersectional analysis to explore Jacques Audiard’s depiction of race and gender in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers. Both movies depart from the gender norms of earlier Audiard films by doing away with female saviors, so making male protagonists responsible for controlling their own violence. Both films also reflect Audiard’s determination to foreground Black and Brown characters in ways that better reflect the racial and cultural heterogeneity of France and the world. And yet, unorthodox casting choices and visual framing distance these same characters of color from responsibility for violence. Such an approach might be interpreted as a challenge to film makers’ historical tendency to cast Black and Brown men as especially violent. However, Audiard’s films commonly elicit sympathy for white men who exercise violence. Accordingly, Audiard’s denial of authority for violence to Black and Brown characters intimates than they can only be sympathetic if seen to be more upright than his white protagonists. Cet article suit l’exemple de Richard Dyer et Devon Carbado en nommant la blancheur comme une identité raciale et utilise une analyse intersectionnelle pour explorer la représentation de la race et du genre par Jacques Audiard dans Dheepan et The Sisters Brothers. Les deux films s’écartent des normes de genre des films précédents d’Audiard en supprimant les rédemptrices, rendant ainsi les protagonistes masculins responsables du contrôle de leur propre violence. Les deux films reflètent également la détermination d’Audiard à mettre en avant les personnages noirs et bruns d’une manière qui reflète mieux l’hétérogénéité raciale et culturelle de la France et du monde. Et pourtant, des choix de casting et des cadrages visuels peu orthodoxes éloignent ces mêmes personnages de couleur de la responsabilité de la violence. Une telle approche pourrait être interprétée comme un défi à la tendance historique des cinéastes à présenter les hommes noirs et bruns comme particulièrement violents. Cependant, les films d’Audiard suscitent généralement de la sympathie pour les hommes blancs qui exercent la violence. En conséquence, le déni d’autorité d’Audiard pour la violence envers les personnages noirs et racisés laisse entendre que ces mêmes personnages ne peuvent être sympathiques que s’ils sont considérés comme plus intègres que ses protagonistes blancs.
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topic genre
banlieue
violence
intersectionnalité
western
gender
banlieue
violence
intersectionality
westerns
spellingShingle genre
banlieue
violence
intersectionnalité
western
gender
banlieue
violence
intersectionality
westerns
Mason, Laura
Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers
description This article follows the lead of Richard Dyer and Devon Carbado in naming whiteness as a racial identity and uses intersectional analysis to explore Jacques Audiard’s depiction of race and gender in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers. Both movies depart from the gender norms of earlier Audiard films by doing away with female saviors, so making male protagonists responsible for controlling their own violence. Both films also reflect Audiard’s determination to foreground Black and Brown characters in ways that better reflect the racial and cultural heterogeneity of France and the world. And yet, unorthodox casting choices and visual framing distance these same characters of color from responsibility for violence. Such an approach might be interpreted as a challenge to film makers’ historical tendency to cast Black and Brown men as especially violent. However, Audiard’s films commonly elicit sympathy for white men who exercise violence. Accordingly, Audiard’s denial of authority for violence to Black and Brown characters intimates than they can only be sympathetic if seen to be more upright than his white protagonists.
author Mason, Laura
author_facet Mason, Laura
author_sort Mason, Laura
title Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers
title_short Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers
title_full Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers
title_fullStr Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers
title_full_unstemmed Intersectional Audiard: Masculinity and Race in Dheepan and The Sisters Brothers
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