Dr Fabrice Roger
PGCE (University of Wales), MA(Swansea), Maitrise (Angers)
Expertise
Current positions
Language Teaching Fellow (French)
Department of French
Contact
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Research interests
I am particularly interested in the way prominent French commentators have, since the early 2000s, represented Islam and Muslims and what this representation reveals about the French identity they seek to promote.
Publications
Recent publications
12/04/2021L’Arbre qui cache la forêt: on the sexualization of the term beurette, Gilles Kepel’s travel writing, and the French mission civilisatrice
Modern and Contemporary France
Lévy, un ami qui vous veut du bien: the (mis)appropriation of Islamic practices in Bernard-Henri Lévy’s fulfilling of France’s mission civilisatrice
Contemporary French Civilization
French Muslims are now being called 'separatists'… well that’s a surprise!
Unrepresentative representatives: what it takes to be a ‘Muslim’ commentator in France following the example of Mohamed Sifaoui and Chahdortt Djavann
Modern and Contemporary France
Thesis
An analysis of the representation of Islam and Muslims by French commentators, from 9/11 to the 2015 Paris Attacks
Supervisors
Award date
25/01/2022