• ISBN13: 9780857428783
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books
• Publication Date: August 25, 2021
• Pages: 122
• Original Price: INR 599.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 341 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Women

Set in the entertainment world in France, this searing memoir explores the realities of being a mixed or biracial French citizen.

In Blind Spot, Myriam Tadessé exposes the difficulty, even the impossibility, for France to truly understand and celebrate the lived realities of mixed or biracial French citizens. What the French word métis--which translates to "half-breed" or "mixed-race"--hides is how central the notion of race actually is in a society that claims to repudiate it. The French film and theater world, in which Tadessé has made her career, appears unable to confront the individuality of the performers. They are required to correspond to categories--often based on race--that don't allow for biracial identities. This classification not only contradicts France's asserted ideals but also views as anomalies those who defy ethno-racial assumptions.

Drawing on her personal experiences as a biracial Ethiopian-French woman and her family history, Tadessé explores the realities of life for mixed-race individuals in France through her searing and honest memoir.

Tadessé, Myriam: - Born in Ethiopia, Myriam Tadessé has lived in Paris since 1978. An actress and stage director, she has taught theater and dance, written and directed documentaries, and published a novel, L'instant d'un regard.

Walker, Gila: - Gila Walker is the translator of more than a hundred works in French, including texts by Jacques Derrida, François Jullien, and Tzvetan Todorov, among others.