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Author : Georges Santoni
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873955157
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (551 download)
Download or read book Contemporary French Culture and Society written by Georges Santoni and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1981-06-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexandra Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134788657
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture written by Alexandra Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 700 alphabetically organized entries by an international team of contributors provide a fascinating survey of French culture post 1945. Entries include: * advertising * Beur cinema * Coco Chanel * decolonization * écriture feminine * football * francophone press * gay activism * Seuil * youth culture Entries range from short factual/biographical pieces to longer overview articles. All are extensively cross-referenced and longer entries are 'facts-fronted' so important information is clear at a glance. It includes a thematic contents list, extensive index and suggestions for further reading. The Encyclopedia will provide hours of enjoyable browsing for all francophiles, and essential cultural context for students of French, Modern History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies.
Author : Frédéric Royall
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039100743
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Contemporary French Cultures and Societies written by Frédéric Royall and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary collection of writings on various aspects of change in contemporary French-speaking society, spanning the broad fields of politics and society, arts and culture, the French language, and francophone literatures.
Author : Georges Santoni
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438418663
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Contemporary French Culture and Society written by Georges Santoni and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1981-06-30 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Hewitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521794657
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (946 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture written by Nicholas Hewitt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: France entered the twentieth century as a powerful European and colonial nation. In the course of the century, her role changed dramatically: in the first fifty years two World Wars and economic decline removed its status as a world power, whilst the immediate post-war era was marked by wars of independence in its colonies. Yet at the same time, in the second half of the century, France entered a period of unprecedented growth and social transformation. Throughout the century and into the new millennium France retained its former international reputation as a centre for cultural excellence and innovation and its culture, together with that of the Francophone world, reflected the increased richness and diversity of the period. This 2003 Companion explores this vibrant culture, and includes chapters on history, language, literature, thought, theatre, architecture, visual culture, film and music, and discuss the contributions of popular culture, Francophone culture, minorities and women.
Author : William Kidd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1444165569
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)
Download or read book Contemporary French Cultural Studies written by William Kidd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of French culture has long ceased to be purely centred on literature. Undergraduate French courses now embrace all forms of cultural production and consumption, and students need to have a broad knowledge of everything from day-time TV and the latest detective novels to debates about national identity and immigration policies. This stimulating text is an introduction to the full range of contemporary French culture. Written by a group of leading academics both within and outside France, each chapter focuses on a topic from the French cultural scene today. Starting with an overview of resources for further information (both in print and online), the text discusses the varied forms of French cultural expression and looks critically at what 'Frenchness' itself means. The book also explores examples of cultural production ranging from sport, media and literature to theatre, cinema, festivals and music. An essential resource for students and scholars alike, this text provides detailed material and analysis, as well as a launch-pad for further study.
Author : Diana Holmes
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526130262
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Imagining the popular in contemporary French culture written by Diana Holmes and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term’s shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested. It represents the first theoretically informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But it also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of ‘culture’ in France. Deploying yet also rethinking a ‘Cultural Studies’ approach to the popular, the book therefore challenges dominant views of what French culture really means today.
Author : Sheila Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780203219607
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Aspects of Contemporary France written by Sheila Perry and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thematic introduction to contemporary French culture and society, suitable for those taking courses or options in French Studies. It also provides a historical context for each of the themes that it discusses.
Author : Rhoda Métraux
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571818133
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Themes in French Culture written by Rhoda Métraux and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Mead collaborated with her long-time colleague Rhoda Métraux in this unique study of French culture. The Hoover Institute at Stanford University originally published this volume, which grew out of the Columbia University project on Research of Contemporary Cultures in 1954. It is one of the few works by American social scientists dealing with broad themes of French life. Mead and Métraux present a vivid picture of the French starting with the organization of the house and its architecture, and drawing original conclusions for the structure of French families and overall cultural values. This work, long out of print, is a fascinating and penetrating portrait of a contemporary European society.
Author : Jill Forbes
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198715009
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (15 download)
Download or read book French Cultural Studies written by Jill Forbes and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French Cultural Studies: An Introduction challenges received theories about France and French culture. The book takes into account the major changes which have been taking place in the context of French Studies in both secondary and higher education, with the focus shifting to a broader rangeof cultural forms. French Cultural Studies adopts an interdisciplinary approach in its wide-ranging study of French culture and society since 1870, emphasizing recent and contemporary developments. It suggests new ways of looking at France and the French-speaking world through the ideas, images, and narratives ofmore than a century of turbulent history and political change. As well as looking at the literary, artistic, and intellectual culture for which France is renowned, the authors examine audio-visual media, popular culture, and cultural policy. They follow the stages of French history through periods of industrialization and war, reconstruction andmodernization, and the crises and revolutions of post-colonialism and postmodernity. Copiously illustrated, and with guidance for further reading, this fascinating and authoritative work will be essential reading for anyone interested in modern and contemporary French society and its culture. List of Contents: Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, List of Illustrations, Preface, Introduction; Part I: Industrialization and War (1870-1944): Chapter 1. Industrialization and its Discontents (1870-1914): From Symbolism to Modernism; Paris, the Capital of Art; Le Japonisme or the Challengeto Europe; Science, Technology, and the Growth of the Mass Market; Mallarme' - the Total Artist; The Birth of Impressionism; The Neurosis of the fin de sie'cle; Cubism and the Impact of Primitive Art; The Belle e'poque?; The Imposition of the New Moral Order; The Eroticization of the Public Domain;The Feminist Critique; Leisure, Consumption, and Popular Culture; Chapter 2. Wars and Class Wars (1914-1944): War and Revolution; Les anne'es folles; Crisis and Commitment; Les anne'es noires; Suggestions for further reading; Part II: Reconstruction and its ideologies (1945-1967): Chapter 3. Crisesof Reconstruction (1945-1967): Reconstruction of the French Nation; The French Ideologies; Existentialism and The Second Sex; Politics and Culture from the Cold War to Decolonization; African Literature and Film in French; Chapter 4. Modernization and Avant-Gardes (1945-1967): Modernization andPopular Culture; The New Theatre; The New Novel and New Criticism; The Cinema from Occupation to New Wave; Suggestions for further reading; Part III: Revolution and Postmodernity (1968-1995): Chapter 5. The Author, The Reader, and the Text after 1968: The Revolution in Writing; The Self and Others;Chapter 6: Popular Culture and Cultural Politics: The Rise of Audio-Visual Culture; The City as Signifying Practice; Cultural Politics and the Postmodern Condition; French in the World - from Imperialism to Diversity; Suggestions for further reading; Conclusion: Chronology; Index
Author : Marion Demossier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317325893
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture written by Marion Demossier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture provides a detailed survey of the highly differentiated field of research on French politics, society and culture across the social sciences and humanities. The handbook includes contributions from the most eminent authors in their respective fields who bring their authority to bear on the task of outlining the current state-of-the art research in French Studies across disciplinary boundaries. As such, it represents an innovative as well as an authoritative survey of the field, representing an opportunity for a critical examination of the contrasts and the continuities in methodological and disciplinary orientations in a single volume. The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research on French politics, society and culture.
Author : Eric Conan
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9780874517958
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Vichy written by Eric Conan and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plea for a more moderate, balanced, and accurate view of the Vichy regime.
Author : Lia Brozgal
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1781384347
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)
Download or read book Being Contemporary: French Literature, Culture and Politics Today written by Lia Brozgal and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 23 riveting essays on aspects of contemporary French culture by the superstars of the field.
Author : Ari J. Blatt
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786949695
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)
Download or read book France in Flux written by Ari J. Blatt and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing look and feel of metropolitan France has been a notable preoccupation of French culture since the 1980s. This collection of essays explores concern with space across a range of media, from recent cinema, documentary filmmaking and photographic projects to television drama and contemporary fiction, and examines what it reveals about the fluctuating state of the nation in a post-colonial and post-industrial age.
Author : Tzvetan Todorov
Publisher : Dartmouth College Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A French Tragedy written by Tzvetan Todorov and published by Dartmouth College Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An internationally renowned scholar examines an episode in the chaos & retributive strife that engulfed France during the liberation at the end of World War II.
Author : Helen Drake
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 : 0333792440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Contemporary France written by Helen Drake and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary France providing coverage of culture, society, economy, and politics set in a historical and global context. A central theme is the relationship between popular images of France and the often contradictory realities of French society as it faces up the challenges of the 21st century.
Author : Michael Kelly
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340760246
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (62 download)
Download or read book French Culture and Society written by Michael Kelly and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2001 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in a series of reference books that offer both an introduction to their subject and a road-map to further study. Designed specifically with students in mind, this book contains about 350 concise and accessible explanations of the key issues, events, and concepts in France since 1918, and around 450 brief entries on key individuals and other items.
