%0 Journal Article
%T Culture populaire et s¨¦ries t¨¦l¨¦vis¨¦es
%A Marie-Christine Michaud
%J Amerika : M¨¦moires, Identit¨¦s, Territoires
%D 2012
%I Universit¨¦ de Rennes 2
%R 10.4000/amerika.2969
%X The Sopranos est une s¨¦rie t¨¦l¨¦vis¨¦e qui fait partie ¨¤ la fois de la culture de masse et de la culture populaire am¨¦ricaine car elle repose sur des clich¨¦s facilement rep¨¦rables et compr¨¦hensibles par l¡¯ensemble de la population. La s¨¦rie joue avec les images associ¨¦es ¨¤ la communaut¨¦ italo-am¨¦ricaine (mafia, virilit¨¦ des hommes, soumission des femmes, valeurs sacr¨¦es de la famille) pour mieux les revisiter, ce qui permet aux t¨¦l¨¦spectateurs de s¡¯identifier aux personnages. En fait The Sopranos ne dresse pas un portrait de la mafia aux Etats-Unis mais v¨¦hicule les valeurs de la soci¨¦t¨¦ am¨¦ricaine (famille, loyaut¨¦, honneur) et, malgr¨¦ son affiliation ¨¤ la mafia et ses origines italiennes, Tony, le personnage principal, se pr¨¦sente comme un p¨¨re de famille typique des classes sup¨¦rieures am¨¦ricaines. La r¨¦¨¦valuation des repr¨¦sentations populaires de la communaut¨¦ italo-am¨¦ricaine a en m¨ºme temps permis un glissement de la s¨¦rie vers la culture savante. The Sopranos is a TV serial which is part of both mass and popular culture in the United States because it lies on clich¨¦s that are easily recognizable and understandable by the entire population. The serial plays with the images associated with the Italian-American community (the mafia, men¡¯s virility, women¡¯s submission, the sacred values of the family) to better revisit them, which enables the audience to identity with the characters. Indeed, The Sopranos does not portray the mafia in the United States but conveys American values (such as the family, loyalty and honor), and, in spite of his affiliation with the mafia and his origins, Tony, the main character, is introduced as a typical head of family from the upper class. Meanwhile, the re-evaluation of the popular representations of the Italian-American community has enabled the TV serial part to shift to high culture.
%K culture populaire
%K s¨¦rie t¨¦l¨¦vis¨¦e
%K The Sopranos
%K Italo-am¨¦ricains
%K mafia
%K popular culture
%K TV serials
%K Italian-Americans
%K the mafia
%K ¨¦tats-Unis
%U http://amerika.revues.org/2969