Kidd / Reynolds Contemporary French Cultural Studies

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-134-65940-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kidd, William

Reynolds, Sian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Introduction and Sources

Introduction

France @ your fingertips

Part 2 The Background to French Cultural Exceptionalism

How the French present is shaped by the past: the last 100 years in historical perspective

French cultural policy: the special role of the state

French education: equal or elitist?

Part 3 Cultural Differences and Identity Politics in France Today

Social differences: age and place

Sexual fault lines: sex and gender in cultural context

The challenge of multiculturalism: regional and religious differences in France today

French political culture: homogenous or fragmented?

Part 4 Frenchness Revisited: Forces for Cultural Unity

If it isn't clear it isn't French: language and identity

French public culture: spaces and places

Frenchness constructed and reconstructed

Part 5 French Cultural Production at the turn of the Twenty-First Century

Sport and identity in the new France

No Coca-cola please, we're French! The advertising culture in France

A night out: theatre and opera

Cinema in a nation of filmgoers

Festivals and fetes populaires

The changing French media: press barons, NRG and digital TV

From Messian to MC Solaar: music in France in the late twentieth century

Reading books in France: la culture du livre

Intellectuals in French culture: where to look today

A guide to contemporary cultural analysis: the French contribution