Fast cars, clean bodies : decolonization and the reordering of French culture / Kristin Ross.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ross, Kristin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Authors, French.
• Political and social views.
• Popular culture.
• History.
• Technology--Social aspects.
• Decolonization.
• France--Civilization--1945-.
• France.
• Civilization.
• Decolonization--France--History--20th century.
• Technology--Social aspects--France--History--20th century.
• Popular culture--France--History--20th century.
• France--Civilization--American influences.
• Racism--France.
• Racism.
• French literature--20th century--History and criticism.
• French literature.
• Authors, French--20th century--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1995]

Summary:

'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies' examines the crucial decade from Dien Bien Phu to the mid-1960s, when France shifted from an agrarian, insular, and empire-oriented society to a decolonized, Americanized, and fully industrial one.

Notes:

• "An October book."
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262181614

OCLC:

30544442