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 Encyclopediawill provide hours of enjoyable browsing for all francophiles, and essential cultural context for students of French, Modern History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies. The book includes entries concerning every aspect of modern French life. Readers will be delighted to encounter unknown facts... - ChoiceAlex Hughesis Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Birmingham, and Keith Readeris Head of French Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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