Heriot-Watt University Research Gateway Coluche and Posthumous Celebrity: Competing and Consensual Media Discourses Citation for published version: Tinker, C 2019, 'Coluche and Posthumous Celebrity: Competing and Consensual Media Discourses', Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 323-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639489.2018.1554636 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1080/09639489.2018.1554636 Link: Link to publication record in Heriot-Watt Research Portal Document Version: Peer reviewed version Published In: Modern and Contemporary France Publisher Rights Statement: his is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Modern and Contemporary France on 19/01/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09639489.2018.1554636 General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via Heriot-Watt Research Portal is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy Heriot-Watt University has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the content in Heriot-Watt Research Portal complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact
[email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 27. Sep. 2021 1 Coluche and Posthumous Celebrity: Competing and Consensual Media Discourses Abstract The French comic, actor and humanitarian Coluche represents an important and enduring example of celebrity in contemporary France, yet little academic attention has been paid particularly to his posthumous significance.