Entre le sacré et le profane. Le discours journalistique français sur l’affaire Pussy Riot

Résumé

BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE: THE FRENCH JOURNALISTIC DISCOURSE ON THE PUSSY RIOT AFFAIR

On 21 February 2012, three women of the well-known punk rock band Pussy Riot organized a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In consequence of the exhibition at this religious place, the women were convicted for “vandalism” and “incitement to religious hatred.”
The aim of this article is to examine the social meaning of this event constructed and transmitted in the French journalistic discourse. It highlights the role of religion that derives from the event and contributes to the image of contemporary Russia. In the second step, the article deals with the discursive practices and positions of the journalistic voice facing this event.