Wednesday 13 November 2019

Meet Me in Cannes

No, I won't be at the Cannes Film Festival, and I won't walk the red carpet, and tabloids won't be bothered about what I wear ... But I'll be on Campus International de Cannes where I will be talking about ethnic stereotypes in character design.



In the past years, I analysed stereotypical African and Asian characters in popular European comics and animated cartoons from the 1930s to the 21st century. One conclusion: Both African and Asian characters still represent "the Other", uncivilised, black monkey-like, and yellow buck-toothed people.

15 November 2019
Campus International de Cannes

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photograph of Annie Girardot in Cannes (1972) via

4 comments:

  1. Oh wow, I wish I could join your talk!

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    1. That's so sweet of you! I'll publish my findings (sometime next year) and you'll be the first one I'll send them to.

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  2. Have a good time in Cannes!

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    1. Thank you ever so much, Karen! Well, there are worse places than Cannes ;-)

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