Popular Culture in Modern France : A Study of Cultural Discourse

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rigby, Brian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts and society.

Arts and society--France--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Local Subjects:

Arts and society.

Arts and society--France--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.

Summary:

`Culture' is one of the most frequently used terms in the French vocabulary. It sells not only books, newspapers and magazines but also consumer products and political parties. But what are the meanings of `culture populaire'? What have the French understood by it, and what is its history? Brian Rigby's lively and cogent study traces changing notions of popular culture in France, from 1936 - the year of the Popular Front - to the present day. Asking why `culture' has become such a fiercely contested term, Rigby considers the work of the major French theorists, including Barthes, Bourdieu a

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 From high culture to ordinary culture; 2 Popular culture and popular education: leisure, work and culture; 3 Culture and the working class and working-class culture; 4 Popular culture as barbaric culture: the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu; 5 Culture, the state and 1968; 6 Mass culture, pop culture and pluralism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-98200-3

1-280-07183-4

0-203-35892-9

9786610071838

9780203358924

OCLC:

475883356