French Cultural Studies: An Introduction challenges received theories about France and French culture. Taking into account the major changes which have been taking place in French Studies (with the focus shifting to a broader range of cultural forms), the Introduction adopts an interdisciplinary approach in its wide-ranging study of French culture and society since 1870, and suggests new ways of looking at France and the French-speaking world through the ideas, images, and narratives of more than a century of turbulent history and political change.
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About the Author:
Jill Forbes is at University of Bristol. Michael Kelly is at University of Southampton.
Review:
`Excellently produced, clearly written, introductory book which all students of French should digest.'
A.B. Hunt, Oxford University
`If contemporary French studies is concerned with exploring the interface between francophone culture and society, then this book provides a stimulating introduction to this approach ... fascinating channels of enquiry are opened up.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
`This excellent study provides a far-ranging and interdisciplinary guide to the main developments which have taken place in French culture since 1870 ... the work does constitute a coherent whole. Moreover, it is a highly user-friendly work; the reader can either gain an entire view of French
culture or can simply look into particular aspects which are specific to his/her interests.'
Rachel Edwards, University of Newcastle, Modern and Contemporary France (1997) 5(1)
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