Encyclopedia Of Contemporary French Culture

Author : Alexandra Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134788657
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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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 : Michael Kelly
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340760246
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Rhoda Métraux
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571818133
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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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 : William Kidd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1444165569
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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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 : Richard Aplin
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340557532
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Contemporary France written by Richard Aplin and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1993 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This alphabetical listing provides a guide to all aspects of contemporary French society. Political institutions, acronyms, cultural phenomena, industrial concerns, personalities and more, find their place in this book, each explained in a concise paragraph with cross-referencing to other entries in the guide. It also contains a bibliography on further reading on the subject.

Author : Sian Reynolds
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340740491
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary French Cultural Studies written by Sian Reynolds and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an up-to-date, coherent approach to contemporary French cultural studies, this text explores French culture through the key themes of the past, culture and subcultures, cultural production and consumption, and the body.

Author : Lia Brozgal
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1781384347
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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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 : Susan Ireland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307464X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immigrant Narratives in Contemporary France written by Susan Ireland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-04-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey of its kind in English, this book examines the experience of immigration as represented by authors who moved to France from the Caribbean, the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia after World War II. Essays by expert contributors address the literary productions of different ethnic groups while taking into account generational differences and the effects of class and gender. The focus on immigration, a subject which has moved to the center of many sensitive social and political debates, raises questions related to cultural hybridity, identity politics, border writing, and the status of minority literature within the traditional literary canon, all of which constitute vital areas of research in literary, cultural, and historical studies today. Included are broad socio-historical chapters on general topics related to immigration, along with chapters providing detailed readings of specific texts and authors. A key objective of the book is to consider the ways in which literary texts by authors of immigrant origin explore what it means to be French, and how these works shape debates about French national and cultural identity. The contributors discuss such issues as cultural hybridity, linguistic identity, and the textualization and theorization of otherness.

Author : Andrew Sobanet
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1789624363
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revisioning French Culture written by Andrew Sobanet and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisioning French Culture brings together a striking group of leading intellectuals and scholars to explore new avenues of research in French and Francophone Studies. Covering the medieval period through the twenty-first century, this volume presents investigations into a vast array of subjects, with global Francophonie as its primary focal point.

Author : Frédéric Royall
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039100743
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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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.