基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1998.
Full Description
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.
Contents
Architecture Cultural Institutions and Phenomena Economy Education and Research Fashion and Design Film Food and Drink History Intellectual Life Language and National Identity Literature and Popular Fiction Media: General Media: Press Media: Publishing Media: Radio Media: Television Music Performing Arts Politics Religion Society Sport and Leisure Visual Arts Writers
