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The study of French culture has evolved in recent years, drawing on ideas from cultural studies departments. This approach explores contemporary French cultural debates through themes such as the past, subcultures, cultural production and consumption, the body, audio and visual cultures, and the mind. The book also discusses the contributions of French theorists to cultural analysis. It is recommended for undergraduate readers and general academic readers interested in understanding French culture.
The study of French culture underwent something of a change at the end of the 20th century, drawing on ideas developed in cultural studies departments and applying these to the study of contemporary France. This work offers an approach to contemporary French cultural debates. It explores French culture through the key themes of the past, culture and subcultures, cultural production and consumption, the body, audio and visual cultures, cultures of the mind, and finishes with an introduction to the contribution which French theorists have made to cultural analysis in recent years. Review: This book should prove enormously useful to undergraduate readers who are seeking to gain an overall orientation within the field of French culture. An excellent resource to the general academic reader who might wish to decipher and interpret the complex and polyphonic text of French culture. European Journal of Communication Both editors and contributors are to be congratulated on producing a book that works both as an undergraduate introduction and as a series of critical essays on French culture on the cusp of the twenty-first century. Journal of European Area Studies
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