Humanism at the limit and post-restante in the colony
The prison of the postcolonial nation in Jacques Audiard’s Un Prophète (2009)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6150574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Megan C Macdonald (0000-0002-3139-1441, University College Cork, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 561-580 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Francophone Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-2679 • E-ISSN: 1758-9142 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/ijfs.15.3-4.561_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2079174026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines incarceration and socialization as depicted in Jacques Audiard’s film Un Prophète (2009). The postcolonial prison in the centre of the nation, called ‘Centrale’, is a site where postcolonial humanism is pushed to its limit. A close reading of the film reveals currency and mobility working in tandem, as illustrated by the appearance of a 50-franc bill depicting Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Le Petit Prince in the opening and closing scenes. The main character of the film negotiates how to stay alive in prison, and how to get ahead on the outside. As insides and outsides are governed both by surveillance and the bio-political in the postcolonial nation, it becomes increasingly clear that the nation itself is its own prison
Character (mathematics · Criminology · Currency · Humanism · Limit (mathematics · Political science · Politics · Prison · Reading (process · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Historical and Scientific Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |