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The Cambridge companion to modern French culture / edited by Nicholas Hewitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge companions to culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts, French--20th century.
- Arts, French.
- France--Civilization--20th century.
- France.
- Civilization.
- France--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern France. Specially commissioned essays by leading specialists focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as national identity, architecture, the mass media, food, literature, cinema, intellectual culture and music. The volume is well supported by supplementary material including a chronology, illustrations and suggestions for further reading. The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture is an invaluable source of materials for courses on all aspects of modern France.
- Contents:
- Introduction: French culture and society in the twentieth century / Nicholas Hewitt 1
- 1. Modern France: history, culture and identity, 1900-1945 / Nicholas Hewitt 17
- 2. Culture and identity in postwar France / Gilles Bousquet, Alain Pessin 41
- 3. Architecture, planning and design / Anthony Sutcliffe 61
- 4. The mass media / Jean-Claude Sergeant 82
- 5. Consumer culture: food, drink and fashion / Hugh Dauncey, Keith Reader 104
- 6. Language: divisions and debates / Rodney Ball 125
- 7. Intellectuals / William Paulson 145
- 8. Religion, politics and culture in France / Michael Kelly 165
- 9. The third term: literature between philosophy and critical theory / Steven Ungar 187
- 10. Narrative fiction in French / Jean Mainil, Mireille Rosello 205
- 11. Poetry / Michael Bishop 224
- 12. Theatre / Christophe Campos 248
- 13. Music / Colin Nettelbeck 272
- 14. The visual arts / Sarah Wilson 290
- 15. Cinema / Jill Forbes, Sue Harris 319.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521791235
- 052179465X
- OCLC:
- 51389257
- Online:
- Publisher description
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