Maîtresse d’un homme marié: Retracing Womanhood in Senegalese Screen Worlds

Estrella Sendra

doi:10.1215/9781478060413-003

Maîtresse d’un homme marié: Retracing Womanhood in Senegalese Screen Worlds

Estrella Sendra

Culture, Media & Creative Industries

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Abstract

This chapter seeks to explore the ways in which internet television is transforming the screen media industry in Senegal, through a focus on the first two seasons of the women-led and womanist internet television series La Maîtresse d’un homme marié [Mistress of a Married Man], directed by Kalista Sy, and distributed online by Marodi TV, both in its Youtoube Channel and mobile application. Maîtresse d’un homme marié is an intersectional and complex site of negotiation of feminism in contemporary Senegal, involving producers, actors and fandom communities alike. The series reflects and creates a Senegalese world, contesting hegemonic global flows of cultural production and distribution. It reclaims these spaces first and foremost for Senegalese women in relation to stories about and for themselves, and becoming both a statement and promotion of the label “Made in Senegal”.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contemporary African Screen Worlds
Editors	Lindiwe Dovey, Añulika Agina, Michael W. Thomas
Place of Publication	Durham
Publisher	Duke University Press
Chapter	2
Pages	35-52
Edition	Duke University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4780-6041-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4780-3142-0, 978-1-4780-2820-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478060413-003
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2025

Keywords

women
online television
series
Senegal

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1 Other contribution

Toolkit: Integrating Kalista Sy's Work in Higher Education
Sendra, E., 27 Mar 2024, 8 p. Screen Worlds.
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1 Participation in conference
1 Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

African Studies Association of the UK Conference
Sendra, E. (Speaker)
29 Aug 2024 → 31 Aug 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Event – UK Premiere of Kalista Sy: Women and Online Television Series in Senegal
Sendra, E. (Host) & Grieve, A. (Host)
26 Mar 2024 → 28 Mar 2024
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

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Maîtresse d’un homme marié: Retracing Womanhood in Senegalese Screen Worlds

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Toolkit: Integrating Kalista Sy's Work in Higher Education

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African Studies Association of the UK Conference

Event – UK Premiere of Kalista Sy: Women and Online Television Series in Senegal

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