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Author : Georges Santoni
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1981-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0873955153
Author : Michael Kelly,Margaret Atack
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0340760249
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 : Nicholas Hewitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 052179465X
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 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 : Rhoda Métraux,Margaret Mead
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1571818138
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 : Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : 0804709726
These essays, three of them previously unpublished, explore the competing claims of innovation and tradition among the lower orders in sixteenth-century France. The result is a wide-ranging view of the lives and values of men and women (artisans, tradesmen, the poor) who, because they left little or nothing in writing, have hitherto had little attention from scholars. The first three essays consider the social, vocational, and sexual context of the Protestant Reformation, its consequences for urban women, and the new attitudes toward poverty shared by Catholic humanists and Protestants alike in sixteenth-century Lyon. The next three essays describe the links between festive play and youth groups, domestic dissent, and political criticism in town and country, the festive reversal of sex roles and political order, and the ritualistic and dramatic structure of religious riots. The final two essays discuss the impact of printing on the quasi-literate, and the collecting of common proverbs and medical folklore by learned students of the "people" during the Ancien Régime. The book includes eight pages of illustrations.
Author : Jill Forbes,Michael Kelly
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0198715005
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 : Alex Hughes,Keith Reader
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : France
ISBN : 9780415131865
An international team of scholars contribute over 700 entries on contemporary French culture that range from Art, Gender, Politics and Literature to Media and the Economy. It is a vital companion for anyone interested in the culture of modern France.
Author : Frédéric Royall
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039100742
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 : Charles Sowerwine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : France
ISBN : 0312237499
Author : Charles Sowerwine
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350307254
This thoroughly revised, updated and expanded new edition of an established text surveys the cultural, social and political history of France from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune through to Emmanuel Macron's presidency. Incorporating the newest interpretations of past events, Sowerwine seamlessly integrates culture, gender, and race into political and social history. This edition features extended coverage of the 2007-8 financial crisis, the rise of the political and cultural far right and the issues of colonialism and its contemporary repercussions. This is an essential resource for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students of history, French studies or European studies taking courses on modern French history or European history. This text will also appeal to scholars and readers with an interest in modern French history. 'Richly informative and lucidly presented, Sowerwine's France since 1870 offers essential reading for students and researchers. Particularly powerful is the new final chapter, which draws on historical expertise to explore and explain the literary and political malaise of contemporary France.' – Jessica Wardhaugh, University of Warwick, UK. 'This third edition is unparalleled in its reach and excellence as a history of modern France from 1870 to the present. Sowerwine seamlessly integrates culture, gender, and race into political and social history. His incorporation of the newest interpretations of past events as well as the historical perspective he lends to current events such as terror attacks, new laws regarding labor and marriage, modern globalization, neo-liberalism-as well as to France's darkening mood--make this highly readable book a true masterpiece.' – Elinor Accampo, University of Southern California, USA. 'Her recent social and economic challenges have cast deep shadows into the story of modern France that Charles Sowerwine tells so clearly. Those dark questions about culture, politics and society have their full place in this This scholarly but accessible reassessment of French history since 1870. This edition raises new questions about France's story, directly and compellingly, and remains the key text for readers who are curious about modern France.' – Julian Wright, Northumbria University, UK. 'Following on the fine precedent set by earlier editions, this masterful survey offers students and the public alike a readable and illuminating account of the tortuous and ever intriguing path of French history since 1870.' – George Sheridan, University of Oregon, USA.
Author : Lynn Hunt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520931046
When this book was published in 1984, it reframed the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution's role in wider, extrinsic processes (such as modernization, capitalist development, and the rise of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes) to its central political significance: the discovery of the potential of political action to consciously transform society by molding character, culture, and social relations. In a new preface to this twentieth-anniversary edition, Hunt reconsiders her work in the light of the past twenty years' scholarship.
Author : Herrick Chapman,Laura L. Frader
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782381792
Scholars across disciplines on both sides of the Atlantic have recently begun to open up, as never before, the scholarly study of race and racism in France. These original essays bring together in one volume new work in history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and legal studies. Each of the eleven articles presents fresh research on the tension between a republican tradition in France that has long denied the legitimacy of acknowledging racial difference and a lived reality in which racial prejudice shaped popular views about foreigners, Jews, immigrants, and colonial people. Several authors also examine efforts to combat racism since the 1970s.
Author : Malcolm Cook,Grace Davie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134734757
Modern France is an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the nature of French society at the end of the twentieth century. The book examines the transition of France and French life as the nation moves from an industrial to a post-industrial economy, and the cultural and social dislocations that such an evoltuion implies. Sociological concepts and categories of class, race, gender, age and region are discussed as well as how they combine together to produce inequalities and identities. These concepts are then applied to a range of issues such as work, politics, education, health, religion and leisure. Modern France reveals the nature of French society at a critical moment in her evolution and how a member of the European Union reflects distinctiveness and commonality in the development of Europe as a whole.
Author : Michèle Lamont
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226922591
Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with 160 successful men in the United States and France, Michèle Lamont provides a rare and revealing collective portrait of the upper-middle class—the managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and experts at the center of power in society. Her book is a subtle, textured description of how these men define the values and attitudes they consider essential in separating themselves—and their class—from everyone else. Money, Morals, and Manners is an ambitious and sophisticated attempt to illuminate the nature of social class in modern society. For all those who downplay the importance of unequal social groups, it will be a revelation. "A powerful, cogent study that will provide an elevated basis for debates in the sociology of culture for years to come."—David Gartman, American Journal of Sociology "A major accomplishment! Combining cultural analysis and comparative approach with a splendid literary style, this book significantly broadens the understanding of stratification and inequality. . . . This book will provoke debate, inspire research, and serve as a model for many years to come."—R. Granfield, Choice "This is an exceptionally fine piece of work, a splendid example of the sociologist's craft."—Lewis Coser, Boston College
Author : Edward Twitchell Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Communication
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013730407
An American anthropologist analyzes how different cultures communicate with each other without spoken words.