
doi: 10.23738/ccsj.130205
Dans cet article, je détermine les nuances associées à l'idée d'une couleur chair unique, je retrace son histoire et je souligne son inclusion dans le champ du rose. J'effectue cette analyse de manière transhistorique et transmédiatique, en parcourant des textes médiévaux, des œuvres littéraires, des écrits d'artistes, des œuvres picturales et abstraites, ainsi que d'autres productions culturelles comme la mode, la bande dessinée ou l'animation. À partir de ce tour d'horizon, je questionne la position hégémonique qui conduit à associer durablement la couleur rose au teint. Je remettrai également en question ce lien omniprésent avec le système de la race, puisque l'utilisation du rose ne désigne que la peau des personnes blanches — même symboliquement —, comprise comme la couleur de la peau en général.
In this article, I determine the shades associated with the idea of a unique flesh color, retrace its history and emphasize its inclusion in the field of pink. I carry out this analysis in a transhistorical and transmediatic way. I will go through medieval texts, literary works, artists' writing, pictorial and abstractive work, as weel as other cultural productions like fashion, comics or animation. Based on this overview, I question the hegemonic position which leads to the long lasting association of pink color with complexion. I will also question this pervasive link with the system of race, since the use of pink indicates only the skin of white peopleeven symbolically-, understood as the color of the skin in general.
Flesh color, Race, History of Color, histoire des couleurs, Pink, Skin color, [SHS.ART] Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art history, couleur chair, couleur peau, race, rose
Flesh color, Race, History of Color, histoire des couleurs, Pink, Skin color, [SHS.ART] Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art history, couleur chair, couleur peau, race, rose
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