French Film and the New World of Work
From the Iron to the Glass Cage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12279901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin O’shaughnessy (0000-0002-1167-3214, Shaughnessy Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 427-442 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern & Contemporary France (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-9489 • E-ISSN: 1469-9869 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09639489.2011.610159 |
| OpenAlex | W2047909013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
Looking at some of the most important work-related French films of recent years, this article sets out to do three things. It begins by analysing how the films narrate the exit from Fordism and the accompanying transition from the old disciplinary regime to a new one characterised by a ‘caring’ eugenics. It continues by contrasting the old Fordist and new post-Fordist human subjects and the spatial and material universes they inhabit. It concludes by evaluating the capacity of the films to renew critique. Moyennant une analyse des films français récents les plus importants qui traitent du monde du travail, cet article se donne trois objectifs principaux. D'abord, il examine la façon dont ces films racontent la sortie du fordisme et la transition conséquente du vieux régime disciplinaire à un nouveau régime, caractérisé par son eugénisme ‘compréhensif’. Deuxièmement, l'article analyse le contraste entre les anciens sujets fordistes et les nouveaux sujets postfordistes et entre les différents univers spatiaux et matériels qu'ils habitent. Troisièmement, l'article évalue la capacité de ces films à renouveler leur portée critique Notes [1] Guiraudie's film is relatively little known, especially outside of France, but constitutes nevertheless, I think, one of the most original and important interventions in this area
Art · Art history · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Fordism · Humanities · Ligne · Political science · Sociology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · French Historical and Cultural Studies
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2015 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |