{"product_id":"french-cultural-studies-for-the-twenty-first-century-9781611496390","title":"French Cultural Studies for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrench Cultural Studies for the Twenty-First Century brings together current scholarship on a diverse range of topics—from French postcards and Third Republic menus to Haitian literary magazines and representation of race in vaudeville theater—in order to provide methodological insight into the current practice of French cultural studies. The essays in the volume show how scholars of French studies can effectively analyze what we term “non-traditional sources” in their historical and geographical contexts. In doing so, the volume offers a compelling vision of the field today and maps out potential paradigms for future research. This book builds upon previous scholarship that defined the stakes of using an interdisciplinary approach to analyze cultural objects from France and Francophone regions and aims to evaluate the current state of this complex and constantly evolving field and its current methodological practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of the essays are carefully researched and articulate “the importance of the broader social and historical settings” (xix). Most of the essays are beautifully illustrated. This book is definitely worth reading. * The French Review *\u003cbr\u003eHere is a well-arranged composite English-language work that introduces us to the literary movement of French cultural studies through its methodological practice. The analysis of non-traditional sources - generally left in the shadows by their popular origin (contrary to what is called the \"high literature\" of the great recognized authors) presents, in fact, a certain interest, and moreover, sheds new light on the research possibilities of cultural studies in literature and customs that have dominated the post-revolutionary period to the present day. . . . This original work once more opens discussions for the development of French cultural studies and serves as an example for anyone interested in this form of literary criticism. [Translated from original French] * Nineteenth-Century French Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Acknowledgements Introduction: French Cultural Studies for the 21st Century by Masha Belenky, Kathryn Kleppinger, Anne O’Neil-Henry I. Press and Literary Culture  Chapter 1: Methods and Challenges in Deciphering Representations of Authorial Intimacy in Late Nineteenth-Century French Photoreportages by Elizabeth Emery  Cahpter 2: The Haitian Literary Magazine in Francophone Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Production by Chelsea Stieber II. Race and Identity in Popular Performance  Chapter 3: Reading Race in Nineteenth-Century French Vaudeville by Lise Schreier  Chapter 4: Diversity, Exploitation, and Immigration Politics in French “Ethnic” Erotica by Mehammed Mack III. Repurposed Images  Chapter 5: Rediscovering Third Republic Illustrated Menus by Michael Garval  Chapter 6: Picturing the Catherinette: Reinventing Tradition for the Postcard Age by Susan Hiner IV. Media Storms Chapter 7: Unpacking the Success and Criticisms of Intouchables (2011) by Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp Chapter 8: “La Transgression de l’écriture”: Marguerite Duras and the Affaire Villemin by Anne Brancky Chapter 9: Understanding the Tinayre Affair: New Media, New Methods for the Belle Epoque by Rachel Mesch About the Contributors Index","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742637949271,"sku":"9781611496390","price":35.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611496390.jpg?v=1758385792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/french-cultural-studies-for-the-twenty-first-century-9781611496390","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}