Exposition Internationale Des Arts Et Techniques Dans La Vie Moderne 1937 Tome I Conception Et Organisation

Author : Shanny Peer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438415737
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book France on Display written by Shanny Peer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1998-02-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1999 Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies presented by the Association for French Cultural Studies The 1937 Paris World's Fair presented a traditionalist image of France as a rural, provincial country, faithful to its folk traditions and to its Old World heritage. France's attachment, well into the twentieth century, to its traditionalist roots has often been interpreted by scholars as a reactionary impulse, a desire to resist modernization or a wish to return to the past. However, in this book Peer argues that this enduring attachment in Third Republic France to peasants, provincials, and folklore was not inherently reactionary or anti-modernist. Instead, these aspects of France's "traditional" heritage were refashioned in new ways to allow France to modernize while still retaining its distinctive identity.