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31 produkter
Victor Serge
The Uses of Dissent
Inbunden, 1992
2258 kr
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This study introduces the reader to Victor Serge's life and extraordinary novels, locating them amidst crucial debates about revolution, communism, anarchism, literature and representation, and in comparison with his contemporaries. Marshall demonstrates that the voice of Serge is unified by a …
François Mauriac
Visions and Reappraisals
Inbunden, 1989
2284 kr
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Examines aspects of Mauriac's work and career that have been unduly neglected and suggests new critical approaches.
Beyond the Nouveau Roman
Essays on the Contemporary French Novel
Av Micheal Tilby, Michael Tilby
Inbunden, 1990
1958 kr
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Our perception of French fictional writing since 1960 has been dominated by the radical questioning of novelistic form instigated by Robbe-Grillet and those writers who are habitually grouped with him under the title "Nouveaux Romanciers". This collection of essays attempts to show the variety of …
Collaboration and Resistance Reviewed
Writers and 'la Mode rétro' in Post-Gaullist France
Av Alan Morris
Inbunden, 1992
2609 kr
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In this comprehensive book, Alan Morris examines the French preoccupation with la mode retro, the renewal of interest in, and re-evaluation of, the Nazi occupation of France.
Fictional France
Social Reality in the French Novel, 1775-18
Av Malcolm Cook
Inbunden, 1993
2284 kr
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An analysis of the presentation of social reality in France during the final years of the ancien regime and the Revolution.
Outrage and Insight
Modern French Writers and the 'Fait Divers'
Av David Walker, John E. Flower
Inbunden, 1995
2446 kr
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- The Papin sisters -- two maids who shocked France by savagely butchering their mistress and her daughter. - Violette Nozieres -- arrested for poisoning her mother and father. The serial murderer Eugen Weidmann -- the last man to be publicly guillotined in France.These sordid tales, widely …
French Rugby Football
A Cultural History
Av Philip Dine
E-bok, 2001
546 kr
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As France''s oldest team sport, rugby football has throughout its 125-year history reflected major changes in French society. This book analyzes for the first time the complex variety of motives that have led the French to adopt and remake this rather unlikely British sport in their own image. A …
African Francophone Writing
A Critical Introduction
Av Nicki Hitchcott, Laila Ibnlfassi
Inbunden, 1996
2126 kr
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African Francophone Writing presents a comprehensive overview of African writing in the Francophone literary world. It explores the work of important classic and contemporary African writers from the 1950s to the present who, until recently, have received little critical attention. The contributors …
Politics of Fun
Cultural Policy and Debate in Contemporary France
Inbunden, 1995
1904 kr
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This authoritative study considers contemporary policies for the arts in France and the cultural and political issues they have raised. The author concentrates particularly on the seminal Mitterrand years but also disentangles the various influences which marked them. Analyzing the role of the ever …
African Francophone Writing
A Critical Introduction
Av Nicki Hitchcott, Laa Ibnlfassi m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
578 kr
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African Francophone Writing presents a comprehensive overview of African writing in the Francophone literary world. It explores the work of important classic and contemporary African writers from the 1950s to the present who, until recently, have received little critical attention. The contributors …
Literature and the Right in Postwar France
The Story of the 'Hussards'
Inbunden, 1996
2126 kr
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It has long been assumed that France was dominated by the political left wing and by Existentialism throughout the 1940s and 1950s. This is the first book to re-evaluate the impact of the vigorous and unrepentant right-wing cultural and literary movement during the postwar period.In this revealing …
Pierre Courtade
The Making of a Party Scribe
Av John Flower
Inbunden, 1995
1962 kr
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Pierre Courtade (1915-1963) was recognised by his peer group to be an independent, sharply intelligent thinker and a talented writer. His principal work consists of journalism -- near daily articles in the Communist press during the late 1940s and 1950s -- six novels (two unpublished) and two …
French Erotic Fiction
Women's Desiring Writing: 188-199
Av Alex Hughes, Alex Hughes m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
578 kr
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This fascinating study explores the pleasures and torments of love and sexuality as depicted in the works of six important French women writers: Rachilde, Colette, Leduc, Wittig, Cixous and Duras. Historically, erotic literature has been dominated by male writers. Feminist critics have argued that …
Politics, Society and Christianity in Vichy France
Av W. D. Halls
Inbunden, 1995
2050 kr
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This is the first work in English or French to deal comprehensively with the attitudes and activities of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, in France during the Vichy regime and under the German yoke. The author shows how Christians reacted to Marshal Petain and the Laval government, as well …
Politics, Society and Christianity in Vichy France
Av W. D. Halls
Häftad, 1995
591 kr
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This is the first work in English or French to deal comprehensively with the attitudes and activities of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, in France during the Vichy regime and under the German yoke. The author shows how Christians reacted to Marshal Petain and the Laval government, as well …
Liberation of France
Image and Event
Inbunden, 1995
2050 kr
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Due to its potent mix of triumph and controversy, the Liberation of France from Nazi Occupation continues to reverberate in the post-war politics and culture of France. Presenting new research by leading specialists in the fields of history, literature and film studies, this stimulating volume is …
Liberation of France
Image and Event
Häftad, 1995
591 kr
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Due to its potent mix of triumph and controversy, the Liberation of France from Nazi Occupation continues to reverberate in the post-war politics and culture of France. Presenting new research by leading specialists in the fields of history, literature and film studies, this stimulating volume is …
Forgotten Generation
French Women Writers of the Inter-war Period
Inbunden, 1997
2126 kr
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As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society in the aftermath of the Great War, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. They disputed the prescriptive social and cultural roles ascribed to women and proposed inspiring new …
Forgotten Generation
French Women Writers of the Inter-war Period
Häftad, 1997
578 kr
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As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society in the aftermath of the Great War, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. They disputed the prescriptive social and cultural roles ascribed to women and proposed inspiring new …
Immigration and Identity in Beur Fiction
Voices From the North African Community in France
Häftad, 1997
594 kr
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Narrative works by second-generation Maghrebis in France, popularly known as Beurs, are a vibrant part of the rapidly growing field of post-colonial literature. This expanded and updated edition of Alec Hargreaves' ground-breaking study combines careful analysis of the formal structures of Beur …
Politics of Fun
Cultural Policy and Debate in Contemporary France
Häftad, 1997
518 kr
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This authoritative study considers contemporary policies for the arts in France and the cultural and political issues they have raised. The author concentrates particularly on the seminal Mitterrand years but also disentangles the various influences which marked them. Analyzing the role of the ever …
Introduction to Caribbean Francophone Writing
Guadeloupe and Martinique
Inbunden, 1999
2615 kr
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There has been an explosion of interest in Francophone studies, as postcolonial and diaspora literatures more generally have gained recognition both within and outside the academy. Identity, culture and history as well as issues relating to class, race, and colonialism, and the literary production …
French Rugby Football
A Cultural History
Av Philip Dine
Inbunden, 2001
1849 kr
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As France's oldest team sport, rugby football has throughout its 125-year history reflected major changes in French society. This book analyzes for the first time the complex variety of motives that have led the French to adopt and remake this rather unlikely British sport in their own image. A …
French Rugby Football
A Cultural History
Av Philip Dine
Häftad, 2001
503 kr
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As France's oldest team sport, rugby football has throughout its 125-year history reflected major changes in French society. This book analyzes for the first time the complex variety of motives that have led the French to adopt and remake this rather unlikely British sport in their own image. A …
Women Writers in Francophone Africa
Inbunden, 2000
2615 kr
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In the rapidly growing field of African literature in French, writing by women has largely been ignored. This book, the first comprehensive study of women's writing in francophone sub-Saharan Africa, redressess the critical imbalance and celebrates the originality of this fascinating new …
Popular Music in Contemporary France
Authenticity, Politics, Debate
Inbunden, 2003
1904 kr
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While music lovers from all over the world have tried to recreate the ambience of French cafes by playing music from stars such as Piaf, Trenet and Chevalier, intellectuals, sociologists and policy makers in France have been embroiled in passionate debate about just what constitutes 'real' French …
Popular Music in Contemporary France
Authenticity, Politics, Debate
Häftad, 2003
591 kr
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While music lovers from all over the world have tried to recreate the ambience of French cafes by playing music from stars such as Piaf, Trenet and Chevalier, intellectuals, sociologists and policy makers in France have been embroiled in passionate debate about just what constitutes 'real' French …
Memory of Resistance
French Opposition to the Algerian War
Av Martin Evans
Inbunden, 1997
1904 kr
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What makes people act against their own national identity?How real are the concepts of nationalism and patriotism? In what ways does the media control our perception of history in the making?This ground-breaking work addresses these important questions through an examination of the Algerian war of …
Memory of Resistance
French Opposition to the Algerian War
Av Martin Evans
Häftad, 1997
518 kr
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What makes people act against their own national identity?How real are the concepts of nationalism and patriotism? In what ways does the media control our perception of history in the making?This ground-breaking work addresses these important questions through an examination of the Algerian war of …
Gay Signatures
Gay and Lesbian Theory, Fiction and Film in France, 1945-1995
Av Owen Heathcote, Alex Hughes m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1849 kr
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This interdisciplinary book responds to the explosion of gay and lesbian creativity on modern-day France. Rather than attempting to formalize a specifically 'gay' or 'lesbian' style or identity, the authors seek to open up new 'homotextualities,' understood here as ongoing constructions and …
