{"product_id":"imagining-the-popular-in-contemporary-french-culture-9780719078163","title":"Imagining the Popular in Contemporary French","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Sociology, History\/Cultural History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecific chapters will be of relevance to: Cultural Policy, Popular Music Studies, Literary Studies, Film and TV Studies, Linguistics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e...there is much here to attract and hold the reader’s attention.The editors and authors are to be congratulated for the depth of critical expertise and the clarity of exposition that they bring to their coverage of both the topic as a whole and their particular areas of specialist knowledge. The book thus represents a significant addition to research on popular culture in\u003cbr\u003eadvanced societies and as such will be of interest to scholars outside the confines of French Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All in all, this volume is an excellent addition to our thinking about the ways in which popular culture in France has been conceptualized and materialized.\"\u003cbr\u003e(Hugh Dauncey; French Studies: 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eDiana Holmes and David Looseley\u003cbr\u003e1. Politics and Pleasure: Inventing Popular Culture in Contemporary France\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eDavid Looseley\u003cbr\u003e2. Authenticity and Appropriation: A Discursive History of French Popular Music\t\t\u003cbr\u003eDavid Looseley\u003cbr\u003e3. The Mimetic Prejudice: the Popular Novel in France \t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eDiana Holmes\u003cbr\u003e4. Why Popular Films are Popular : Identification, Imitation and Critical Mortification\t\t\u003cbr\u003eDavid Platten\u003cbr\u003e5. French Television: Negotiating the National Popular\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eLucy Mazdon\u003cbr\u003e6. Social and Linguistic Change in French: Does Popular Culture Mean Popular Language? \t\u003cbr\u003eNigel Armstrong\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eDiana Holmes and David Looseley\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037321265495,"sku":"9780719078163","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719078163.jpg?v=1750935278","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imagining-the-popular-in-contemporary-french-culture-9780719078163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}