Encyclopedia Of Contemporary French Culture

Author : Alexandra Hughes,Alex Hughes,Keith A Reader,Keith Reader
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134788651

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture by Alexandra Hughes,Alex Hughes,Keith A Reader,Keith Reader Pdf

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,Margaret Atack
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0340760230

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French Culture and Society by Michael Kelly,Margaret Atack Pdf

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 : William Kidd,Sian Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781444165562

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Contemporary French Cultural Studies by William Kidd,Sian Reynolds Pdf

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 : Rhoda Métraux,Margaret Mead
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1571818146

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Themes in French Culture by Rhoda Métraux,Margaret Mead Pdf

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 : Frédéric Royall
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039100742

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Contemporary French Cultures and Societies by Frédéric Royall Pdf

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 : Susan Ireland,Patrice J. Proulx
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313074646

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Immigrant Narratives in Contemporary France by Susan Ireland,Patrice J. Proulx Pdf

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 : Margaret Mead
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800735057

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Themes in French Culture by Margaret Mead Pdf

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 : Irene Rima Makaryk
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 080206860X

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory by Irene Rima Makaryk Pdf

The last half of the twentieth century has seen the emergence of literary theory as a new discipline. As with any body of scholarship, various schools of thought exist, and sometimes conflict, within it. I.R. Makaryk has compiled a welcome guide to the field. Accessible and jargon-free, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory provides lucid, concise explanations of myriad approaches to literature that have arisen over the past forty years. Some 170 scholars from around the world have contributed their expertise to this volume. Their work is organized into three parts. In Part I, forty evaluative essays examine the historical and cultural context out of which new schools of and approaches to literature arose. The essays also discuss the uses and limitations of the various schools, and the key issues they address. Part II focuses on individual theorists. It provides a more detailed picture of the network of scholars not always easily pigeonholed into the categories of Part I. This second section analyses the individual achievements, as well as the influence, of specific scholars, and places them in a larger critical context. Part III deals with the vocabulary of literary theory. It identifies significant, complex terms, places them in context, and explains their origins and use. Accessibility is a key feature of the work. By avoiding jargon, providing mini-bibliographies, and cross-referencing throughout, Makaryk has provided an indispensable tool for literary theorists and historians and for all scholars and students of contemporary criticism and culture.

Author : Jennifer Post
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135949570

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Ethnomusicology by Jennifer Post Pdf

Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography of books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology. The book is divided into two parts; Part One is organised by resource type in catagories of greatest concern to students and scholars. This includes handbooks and guides; encyclopedias and dictionaries; indexes and bibliographies; journals; media sources; and archives. It also offers annotated entries on the basic literature of ethnomusicological history and research. Part Two provides a list of current publications in the field that are widely used by ethnomusicologists. Multiply indexed, this book serves as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared in the field over the past decades.

Author : Alistair Fox,Michel Marie,Raphaëlle Moine,Hilary Radner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118585429

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A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema by Alistair Fox,Michel Marie,Raphaëlle Moine,Hilary Radner Pdf

A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing all aspects of French cinema from 1990 to the present day. Features original contributions from top film scholars relating to all aspects of contemporary French cinema Includes new research on matters relating to the political economy of contemporary French cinema, developments in cinema policy, audience attendance, and the types, building, and renovation of theaters Utilizes groundbreaking research on cinema beyond the fiction film and the cinema-theater such as documentary, amateur, and digital filmmaking Contains an unusually large range of methodological approaches and perspectives, including those of genre, gender, auteur, industry, economic, star, postcolonial and psychoanalytic studies Includes essays by important French cinema scholars from France, the U.S., and New Zealand, many of whose work is here presented in English for the first time

Author : Andrew Sobanet
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789624366

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Revisioning French Culture by Andrew Sobanet Pdf

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 : Rhoda Métraux,Margaret Mead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : France
ISBN : OCLC:903399855

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{Themes in French Culture} by Rhoda Métraux,Margaret Mead Pdf

Author : Stephen W. Green,Douglas J. Ernest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781576075579

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Information Sources of Political Science by Stephen W. Green,Douglas J. Ernest Pdf

A thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the world's leading comprehensive bibliography of American and international politics. The eagerly anticipated new edition of the widely acclaimed Information Sources of Political Science is the most comprehensive English-language political bibliography available, offering the surest way for students and researchers to get straight to the information they need. Like no other volume, it provides a fully rounded view of the field both in the United States and internationally, including relevant works in history, economics, sociology, and education. Its 2,500 entries cover a wide variety of source types: indexing and abstracting services, major bibliographical tools, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, directories, statistical compilations, and more. In addition, this edition is the first to feature substantial coverage of electronic resources, both databases and Internet sites. Each source receives its own annotation, with entries grouped in categories to bring together like works for easy comparison. This work is a cornerstone reference for academic and public libraries.

Author : Keith Reader
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401201735

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The Abject Object by Keith Reader Pdf

This book addresses representations and constructions of masculinity in crisis in contemporary French culture by way of two important concepts – the phallus (largely but not solely in (a) Lacanian sense(s)) and abjection (Kristeva). Scrutiny of these concepts informs readings of a number of texts – literary (Bataille, Adamov, Doubrovsky, Houellebecq, Rochefort, Angot) and cinematic (Ferreri, Eustache, Godard, Noé, Bonello) – in which the abject phallus is a significant factor. The texts chosen all describe or stage crises of masculinity and mastery in ways that suggest that these supposedly beneficent qualities – and the phallus that symbolizes them – can often be perceived as burdensome or even detestable. Abjection is a widely-used concept in contemporary cultural studies, but has not hitherto been articulated with the phallus as emblem of male dominance as it is here. The volume will be of interest to those working in the areas of French, gender and film studies.

Author : Julian Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 125892899X

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The Culture of France in Our Time by Julian Park Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1954 edition.