Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
Author: Alexandra Hughes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2002-03-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134788657

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.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture
Author: Nicholas Hewitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2003-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521794657

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.

Double Takes

Double Takes
Author: Carolyn A. Durham
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1998
Genre: Culture in motion pictures
ISBN: 9780874518740

Viewing cross-cultural differences through the lens of cinema.

France in Flux

France in Flux
Author: Ari J. Blatt
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-03-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1786949695

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.

A French Tragedy

A French Tragedy
Author: Tzvetan Todorov
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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.

Themes in French Culture

Themes in French Culture
Author: Rhoda Métraux
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781571818140

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.

Declining the Stereotype

Declining the Stereotype
Author: Mireille Rosello
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

Against the background of increasing population diversity in contemporary France and its attendant social tensions, Mireille Rosello analyzes how minorities within French cultures have dismantled stereotypes, and then extrapolates techniques that other marginalized groups might employ. Experiences drawn from Jewish, Maghrebian, and Black communities inform Rosello's observations. By examining current French novels, films, and other media where stereotypes of the ethnic other are confronted and reappropriated, the author reveals ways to recognize, subvert, and defuse a wide range of harmful stereotypes. Whether offering a brilliant reading of Coline Serreau's 1992 film La Crise or probing Baudelaire and Hugo for relevant clues, Rosello engages readers with creative insight, impeccable scholarship, and clarity of expression.

Vichy

Vichy
Author: Eric Conan
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1998
Genre: France
ISBN: 9780874517958

A plea for a more moderate, balanced, and accurate view of the Vichy regime.