Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture

Alex Hughes, Keith Reader

Taylor & Francis, 1998 - History - 618 pages

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.

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Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture

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Although broad in scope, this rudimentary guide to post-1945 French and Francophone culture offers a respectable amount of authoritative information for the lay reader. The more than 700 entries ...

About the author

Alex Hughes is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Birmingham, and Keith Reader is Head of French Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture; 500 Tips Series; Volume 1 of Encuclopedias of Contemporary Culture; Routledge world reference series
• Editors: Alex Hughes, Keith Reader
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, annotated
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1998
• ISBN: 0415131863, 9780415131865
• Length: 618 pages
• Subjects: History / Civilization; History / Europe / France