Specially commissioned essays by specialists focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions in this Companion. The book provides information and analysis on such topics as French national identity, architecture, the mass media, food, literature, cinema, intellectual culture and music. It features supplementary material that includes a chronology, illustrations and suggestions for further reading.
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'This is an ideal accompaniment to an undergraduate course on French society and culture, and a book so wide-ranging and thought-provoking that it will provide much enjoyment for more advanced readers, such as postgraduates and academics.' Forum for Modern Language Studies
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern France. Specially- commissioned essays by leading specialists focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as national identity, architecture, the mass media, food, literature, cinema, intellectual culture and music. The volume is well supported by supplementary material including a chronology, illustrations and suggestions for further reading. The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture is an invaluable source of materials for courses on all aspects of modern France.
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The first half of the twentieth century was crucial in creating the identity of modern France, yet that process appears on the surface to be highly paradoxical. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, First World War, Sarah Wilson, Belle Epoque, Michael Kelly, Nicholas Hewitt, Oxford University Press, Third Republic, Catholic Church, Christophe Campos, Michael Bishop, Cambridge University Press, Jean-Claude Sergeant, Rodney Ball, William Paulson, Anthony Sutcliffe, Colin Nettelbeck, Steven Ungar, United States, French Revolution, Radio France, Air France, Art Nouveau, Canal Plus, Fifth Republic New!
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The first half of the twentieth century was crucial in creating the identity of modern France, yet that process appears on the surface to be highly paradoxical. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poetic state, wrote for the theatre, regional dailies, terrestrial channels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, First World War, Sarah Wilson, Belle Epoque, Michael Kelly, Nicholas Hewitt, Oxford University Press, Third Republic, Catholic Church, Christophe Campos, Michael Bishop, Cambridge University Press, Jean-Claude Sergeant, Rodney Ball, William Paulson, Anthony Sutcliffe, Colin Nettelbeck, Steven Ungar, United States, French Revolution, Radio France, Air France, Art Nouveau, Canal Plus, Fifth Republic New!
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- Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics) by Ferdinand de Saussure on page 198, page 203, and page 204
- The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen on page 123, and page 124
- Twentieth-Century France: Politics, Society and Culture 1898-2003 by James F. McMillan on page 39, and page 186
- The Second World War (Events of Yesteryear) by Michel Pierre in Front Matter, and page 304
- The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays by Albert Camus on page 196, and page 210
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