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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and Sources; 1. Introduction: to the reader; Further general reading: recent works on Frenchculture in English; 2. France @ your fingertips: print and on-line resources; Resources at home; Resources in France; The Web as a resource for students; Part II:The Background to French Cultural Exceptionalism; 3. How the French present is shaped by the past: the last hundred years in historical perspective; France's first twentieth century |
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Franco-German relations and France's world status,1900-c.1950Church and state; Discrimination against the 'other': the problem ofantisemitism; The rise of the intellectuals; France's second twentieth century; Economic and demographic change, and the role ofthe state; France's relations with the wider world; Political change; Fewer intellectuals, more culture-shocks; A different 'otherness'; References and further reading on twentieth-centuryFrench history: recent books in English; 4. French cultural policy: the special role of the state; Culture and the state: the historical tradition |
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The 'invention' of cultural policyThe Lang years; Cultural policy in contemporary France; Conclusions; References; Further reading; Websites; 5. French education: equal or elitist?; Historical overview; Present-day French education -- a thumbnail sketch; Ecole maternelle (nursery school: 3- or 4-year cycle:age 2-5); Ecole primaire (primary school: 5-year cycle:age 6-10); Collège (first stage of secondary education:4-year cycle: 11-14); Lycée (second stage of secondary education:2-, 3- or 4-year cycle: 15-17+); Post-baccalauréat study strategies; Democracy versus meritocracy |
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'Le Marché scolaire''Le lycée, c'est la galère!'; Two case histories; Fernando; Anaïs; References and further reading; Films; Magazines and websites; Part III: Cultural Differences and Identity Politics in France Today; 6. Social difference: age and place; Age, generation and social differentiation; Place: the quest for identity, social space andrepresentation; Conclusions; References; 7. Sexual fault lines: sex and gender in the cultural context; Gender differences; Sexual differences; References; Further reading; On women, gender, feminism, women's writing, theparity campaign |
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On sexuality, gay writing, etc. 8. The challenges of multiculturalism: regional and religious differences in France today; Regional cultures; Distribution of regional languages; Public policy towards regional languages; Religious differences; Non-Christian religions: Judaism; Islam; Buddhism; Laïcité and multiculturalism; References; Further reading; 9. French political culture: homogeneous or fragmented?; French exceptionalism; The French state; State and civil society; The revolutionary tradition; Nationalism; Consensus and 'la République'; A fragmented political culture? |
| Summary |
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. Startin |
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Print version record |
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Popular culture -- France -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Civilization
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Popular culture
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Cultuur.
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France -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051193
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France
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Frankreich
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Reynolds, Sian
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| ISBN |
9781444165562 |
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1444165569 |
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