Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies

This edited volume presents new and original approaches to teaching the French foreign-language curriculum, reconceptualizing the French classroom through a more inclusive lens. The volume engages with a broad range of scholars to facilitate an understanding of the process of French (de)colonization as well as its reverberations into the postcolonial era, and a deeper engagement with the global interconnectedness of these processes. Chapters in Part I revist the concept of the "francophonie," decenter the field from "metropolitan" or "hexagonal" and white France and underline how current teaching materials reproduce epistemic and colonial violence. Part II adopts an intersectional approach to address topics of gender inclusivity, trans-affirming teaching, queer materials, and ableism. Finally, Part III presents new ways to transform the discipline by affirming our commitment to social justice andmaking sure that our classrooms are representative of our students' enriching diversity. Siham Bouamer is Assistant Professor of French at Sam Houston State University, USA. Her research focuses on transnational movements from and to the Maghreb in twentieth and twenty-first-century film and literature and pedagogy in textbooks. Loïc Bourdeau is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. His research lies in twentieth and twenty-first-century French and Quebec literature and cinema, with special theoretical interests in feminist and queer studies.

Auteur

Siham Bouamer is Assistant Professor of French at Sam Houston State University, USA. Her research focuses on transnational movements from and to the Maghreb in twentieth and twenty-first-century film and literature and pedagogy in textbooks. Loïc Bourdeau is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. His research lies in twentieth and twenty-first-century French and Quebec literature and cinema, with special theoretical interests in feminist and queer studies.

Contenu

Introduction: Siham Bouamer & Loic BourdeauPart I: Dismantling the 'Francophonie': Language, Race, and Empire1. Multilingual Texts and Contexts: Inclusive Pedagogies in the French Foreign Language Classroom2. Unlearning Francophonie: Legacies of Colonialism in French Language Textbooks3. Making the Colonial Present Audible to our Students and Ourselves4. Racism, Colonialism, and the Limits of Diversity: Analyzing the Francophone "Other" in French Foreign Language Textbooks5. Blackness and Social Justice in the French ClassroomPart II: Intersectional French Studies6. Harmful Grammar: Fatphobia and Ableism in First-Year French7. Language Policy & Change in the Classroom: Teaching the Feminization of Professional Titles8. Teaching Trans: Examples from an Intermediate French Course9. Teaching French Feminism from an Intersectional PerspectivePart III: Beyond the Textbook: New Teaching Strategies10. De-canonizing Contemporary Culture Courses: Teaching Culture on Twitter11. Approaching Intersectionality and Renegotiating Power Dynamics Through Podcast Pedagogy12. Beyond the Book: Multimodality as Anti-Racist Pedagogy13. Decolonial and Feminist Course Design in the First-year French Curriculum14. Developing Critical Literacy in the High School French Language Classroom Through the Webcomic 'Assignée garçon