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Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture

Alex Hughes editor Keith Reader editor Keith A Reader editor Alexandra Hughes editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Jun '98

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More than 700 alphabetically organized entries by an international team of contributors provide a fascinating survey of French culture post 1945.
Entries include:
* advertising * Beur cinema * Coco Chanel * decolonization * écriture feminine * football * francophone press * gay activism * Seuil * youth culture
Entries range from short factual/biographical pieces to longer overview articles. All are extensively cross-referenced and longer entries are 'facts-fronted' so important information is clear at a glance. It includes a thematic contents list, extensive index and suggestions for further reading.
The Encyclopedia will provide hours of enjoyable browsing for all francophiles, and essential cultural context for students of French, Modern History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies.

"The book includes entries concerning every aspect of modern French life. Readers will be delighted to encounter unknown facts..." - Choice


'This work would be of utility to college and university students not only in French programs but in areas such as cinema studies, literary theory, or political science. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.' - Booklist

'This excellent new Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture is a vivid and widely angled snapshot made user-friendly for the non-specialist observer ... authoritative and stimulating ... this encyclopedia will define contemporary French culture for a generation. This very informative and thoughtful Encyclopedia will be a boon to all France-watchers.' - Times Literary Supplement.

'Recommended especially for public libraries.' - Library Journal.

'Articles are lucid, informative, reliable and of value to both the novice and the expert. It is a well balanced, impressive piece of work and an essential reference tool for all relevant libraries.' - - Reference Reviews

'Coverage ... is impressively wide' - Journal of French Language Studies

'a very useful source of information on many contemporary topics' French Review, October 2000

ISBN: 9780415131865

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1292g

640 pages