Written by an international group of specialists, this handbook offers the benefits of broad coverage, a variety of viewpoints, and solid scholarship.
Hardback
Publication Date: 21/05/1991
Throughout the world, there has been much scholarly and general interest in French popular culture, but very little has been written on the subject in English. The authors of this book address that lack in a series of scrupulously documented essays describing French life styles, attitudes, and entertainments as well as the writers and performers currently favoured by the French public. Several chapters explore French tastes in popular literature and other reading matter, including comics, cartoons, mystery and spy fiction, newspapers and magazines, and science fiction. Film, popular music, radio and television are also discussed in detail, and influences from other cultures - particularly American "imports" - are assessed. The remaining essays examine French sports, the use of leisure time, the French style of eating and drinking, and relations between men and women and their attitudes toward romantic love. Each chapter provides historical and bibliographic information that will enable the reader to pursue subjects of particular interest.
Written by an international group of specialists, this handbook offers the benefits of broad coverage, a variety of viewpoints, and solid scholarship.
Written by an international group of specialists, this handbook offers the benefits of broad coverage, a variety of viewpoints, and solid scholarship.
- ISBN:
- 9780313261213
- 9780313261213
- Category:
- Cultural studies
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 21-05-1991
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x22mm
- Weight:
- 0.64kg
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