The Editors : Maggie Allison is Honorary Visiting Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Bradford. Her research and publications in gender and media in France cover advertising, the women's press, sexual harrassment and the role of women in politics. Yvette Rocheron is Honorary Fellow in French at the University of Leicester. A sociologist, her current interests and publications cover ethnic minority health in Britain, French television culture, immigration, mixed families and multiculturalism in France.