Dr Jonathan Ervine
Senior Lecturer in French
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Contact info
Position: Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Email: j.ervine@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: 01248 382129 (2129 internal)
Location: Room 415, New Arts Building
I am a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, and specialize in French popular culture as well as debates about identity and belonging in contemporary France. I am the author of two books; Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions (Liverpool University Press, 2019) and Cinema and the Republic: Filming on the Margins in Contemporary France (University of Wales Press, 2013). I have also published several articles and book chapters about debates on French national identity in sport, music and comedy, and also written several articles about videogames in France.
I am originally from Fife in Scotland and completed a B.A. in French and Philosophy at the University of Leeds. From 2002-2004, I was a lecteur d’anglais at l’Université Charles de Gaulle Lille 3. During this time, I completed an MA by research at the University of Leeds on the theme of opposition to war in French cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. I returned to Leeds in 2004 to begin a PhD on representations of social and racial exclusion in contemporary French cinema. I have lectured here in Bangor since 2007.
I am currently Head of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
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Giving voice to young banlieue residents via cinema: A study of Eric Pittard’s Le Bruit, l’odeur et quelques étoiles (2001) and Jean Pierre Thorn’s On n’est pas des marques de vélo (2002)
Ervine, J., 9 Sept 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions
Ervine, J., 29 Nov 2019, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 208 p. (Studies in Modern and Contemporary France)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Immigrant Struggles in France: Avoiding the Transnational?
Ervine, J., 25 May 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Introduction: writing and conceptualizing French sport
Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Kilcline, C., 31 Mar 2014, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 39, 1, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kamini's rural rap: a study of minority identities, new media, and music
Ervine, J., 4 Aug 2011, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 36, 1-2, p. 127-140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kebabs, clichés and communities: a study of Lil Maaz’s Mange du kebab
Ervine, J., 5 Sept 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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La Ballade des sans-papiers: Dix ans après
Ervine, J., 1 Sept 2007, In: French Studies Bulletin. 28, 104, p. 64-67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Les banlieues and Les Bleus: Political and media discourse about sport and society in France
Ervine, J., 1 Feb 2014, In: French Cultural Studies. 25, 1, p. 70-81Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lil Maaz's Mange du kebab: challenging clichés or serving up an immigrant stereotype for mass consumption online?
Ervine, J. & Salhi, K. (ed.), 31 Oct 2013, Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety. 2013 ed. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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L’Islam et l’humour: un rire communautaire ou un rire universel?
Ervine, J., 31 May 2017, In: Le Temps des médias. 28, p. 144-157Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review