Crowley, Patrick (School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, University College, Cork),Jordan, Shirley (School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University)
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The 1950s and 1960s were the golden era of French popular song, known as chanson français, and Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel epitomized both the music and the era. Their fame was worldw
With the publication in 1953 of his Harlem Domestic series, African American noir writer Chester Himes became a cult figure for a generation of Parisian readers—many of whom appreciated his work as mu
Although France has changed much in recent decades, colonial-era imagery continues to circulate widely in comics, including the Tintin series by Herge and Zig et Puce by Alain Saint- Ogan. This import
Exile and Post-1946 Haitian Literature provides readers with an excellent introduction to recent Haitian literature, one of the richest literary traditions in the Americas. Martin Munro focuses on wor
This volume aims to provide a balanced and detailed survey of the complex sports and hobby industry that is cycling in France. By identifying key events, practices, stakeholders, and institutions in t
Michel Houellebecq is one of the most successful and controversial contemporary French novelists. Translated worldwide, with three film adaptations of his works, he has also been at the center of a ho
Roland Barthes at the College de France studies the four lecture courses given by Roland Barthes in Paris between 1977 and 1980, placing Barthes’s teaching within institutional, intellectual, and pers
In Race on Display in 20th- and 21st-Century France Knox turns the tables France's rhetoric of 'internal otherness', asking her reader not to spot those deemed France's others but rather to deconstruc
Haitian writers have made profound contributions to debates about the converging paths of political and natural histories, yet their reflections on the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and neolib
