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Mignon's Afterlives
Terence Cave traces the afterlives of Mignon, an apparently minor character in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, through the European cultures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The enigmatic and fascinating Mignon reappears in wide range of different works, mainly narrative fiction but also poetry, song, opera, and film.
The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780
The first ever book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era. After tracing the publishing history of this distinctive but little-known repertoire, the author places the works in their social, liturgical and musical context.
The Meloche Legacy
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Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville
This book is the first comprehensive study of leisure in an African colonial city.
Stereo: Comparative Perspectives on the Sociological Study of Popular Music in France and Britain
The term 'Popular Music' has traditionally denoted different things in France and Britain. In France, the very concept of 'popular' music has been fiercely debated and contested, whereas in Britain and more largely throughout what the French describe as the 'Anglo-saxon' world 'popular music' has been more readily accepted as a description of what people do as leisure or consume as part of the music industry, and as something that academics are legitimately entitled to study. French researchers have for some decades been keenly interested in reading British and American studies of popular culture and popular music and have often imported key concepts and methodologies into their own work on ...
The Oxford Handbook of Sports History
Practiced and watched by billions, sport is a global phenomenon. Sport history is a burgeoning sub-field that explores sport in all forms to help answer fundamental questions that scholars examine. This volume provides a reference for sport scholars and an accessible introduction to those who are new to the sub-field.
Senegal
A West African nation with an extremely rich political and cultural heritage, Senegal continues to serve as a role model for Francophone Africa despite its weak economic base and small population. Senegal's status as both a Sahelian and a maritime country brought its people into early contact with Islam and the West, making the country a crossroads where traditional African, Islamic, and European cultures met and blended. Sheldon Gellar begins his exploration of Senegal by examining the influence of Islam, Western imperialism, and French colonial rule and by tracing the country's political, economic, and social evolution since independence. This expanded second edition also analyses developm...
The Past in French History
This fascinating book examines how the past pervades French public life, how the French both commemorate their past triumphs, heroes, and martyrs and attempt to erase the more violent events in their history. The book surveys the ways that various political communities in France during the past two centuries have manufactured different versions of the past in order to define their identities and legitimate their goals. Beginning with a discussion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, Robert Gildea moves backward in time to show how rival factions have used various elements of French political culture--from the grandeur of the ancien r�gime to Catholicism, Jacobinism, Anarchi...
La Gouvernante de la Renardière
Lorsque la guerre de 1914 éclate, Berthe Bardalet et sa mère, Léontine, s’efforcent de maintenir à bout de bras la ferme familiale. Tous les hommes de la famille, le père, le frère, le beau-frère et même Auguste, le promis de Berthe, sont partis au front. Commencent alors pour les deux femmes de longues journées de labeur et d’attente. En vain, les saisons qui passent n’apportent que de sombres nouvelles : Fernand, le frère, tout juste âgé de 26 ans, tombe en Champagne suivi peu de temps après par son père, Basile. Gaétan, le beau-frère, est grièvement blessé et amputé. Quant à Auguste, il a disparu. La mère tombe malade et la ferme périclite. Il faut alors vendre...
