Contemporary French Cultural Studies, 1st Edition by Sian Reynolds - ISBN: 9780340740507
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This text is an introduction to the full range of contemporary French culture. Each chapter focuses on a topic from the French cultural scene today. Starting with an overview of resources for further information, the text discusses the varied forms of French cultural expression and looks critically …

Contemporary French Cultural Studies, 1st Edition

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    336 pages

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    25 August 2000

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Summary

The study of French culture underwent something of a change at the end of the 20th century, drawing on ideas developed in cultural studies departments and applying these to the study of contemporary France. This work offers an approach to contemporary French cultural debates. It explores French culture through the key themes of the past, culture and subcultures, cultural production and consumption, the body, audio and visual cultures, cultures of the mind, and finishes with an introduction to…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340740507
ISBN-10:0340740507
Author:Sian Reynolds, William Kidd
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Hodder Education
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Edition:1st
Release Date:25 August 2000
Weight:470g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
Series:Hodder Arnold Publication
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Critics Review

This book should prove enormously useful to undergraduate readers who are seeking to gain an overall orientation within the field of French culture. An excellent resource to the general academic reader who might wish to decipher and interpret the complex and polyphonic text of French culture. – European Journal of Communication Both editors and contributors are to be congratulated on producing a book that works both as an undergraduate introduction and as a series of critical essays on French culture on the cusp of the twenty-first century. – Journal of European Area Studies This is a stimulating introduction to French cultures and identities…resolutely contemporary and thought-provoking – Forum for Modern Language Studies 20030201

About The Author

Sian Reynolds

William Kidd is Reader in French Studies at the University of Stirling. Siân Reynolds is Professor of French Studies at the University of Stirling.

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