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SUMMARY:Sino-French Graphic Novels: negotiating heritages\, inventing iden
 tities - Jean-Baptiste Bernard (Queen’s University Belfast)
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CONTACT:Joe Sutliff Sanders
DESCRIPTION:In a country massively consuming bande dessinée\, graphic nov
 el and manga like France\, graphic narratives are a major medium to convey
  socially impactful messages. Among many creations contributing to shape a
  diverse\, inclusive and critical representation of contemporary France\, 
 a Sino-French autobiographical and autofictional corpus has emerged since 
 the mid-2010’s. This talk would first present some key Sino-French creat
 ions\, by Kei Lam\, Lucie Quéméner\, Brigitte Tchao & Christel Han\, Min
 na Yu or Luxi. It would then propose a thematical approach of the corpus i
 n three main aspects: transcultural itineraries in relation to cultural he
 ritage and intergenerational communication\, challenges and discrimination
 s faced in public spaces and institutions\, and finally the invention of f
 reedom and happiness by shaping original\, plural identities through a mul
 timodal medium where cultural\, gender based\, familial and social expecta
 tions can be re-negotiated\, transgressed\, transcended – or ignored. Do
 ing so\, this talk would aim to investigate both the importance of graphic
  narratives for the self-affirmation of Franco-Chinese creators\, their ca
 talyzing role in expressing the challenges encountered by people of more b
 roadly Asian backgrounds in France and the rise of a nuanced\, unstable 
 “Asian-French” feeling of belonging\, but also the multimodal specific
 ities of graphic novel that would make it a privileged medium to convey an
 d shape issues of interculturality\, transculturality and emancipation.
LOCATION:Seminar room 331\, Raised Faculty Building
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