L’actrice, du cinéma aux arts plastiques et au roman : genre et représentation

Abstract

This article analyzes representations of film actresses in novels and the visual arts. It questions the way this figure—a human being and a construction of cinema—is represented outside the world she belongs to, that is, outside cinema and popular culture. More specifically, it addresses the particular status of gender as a major stake in those works, from the genre of these narratives and images and the gender of those who create them, to the semiology of the actress herself. Do novelists and visual artists offer a different vision of the actress and of her often stereotypical femininity?

Keywords

• gender
• representation
• femininity
• film actress
• semiology