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Interpreting the republic : marginalization and belonging in contemporary French novels and films /
Interpreting the Republic focuses on contemporary French literary and cinematic works (1986-2003) that reflect on what it means to belong to a nation such as France by giving voice to those who find themselves marginalized by French society. While citizenship and belonging can be, and indeed are, in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Interpreting the Republic focuses on contemporary French literary and cinematic works (1986-2003) that reflect on what it means to belong to a nation such as France by giving voice to those who find themselves marginalized by French society. While citizenship and belonging can be, and indeed are, interpreted differently depending on the socio-cultural and political context, it is the foundational universalist republican principle of egalitarianism that has remained the sacred cow of French society. One of the major claims of this study is that the rigidity of French national discourse that atte. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 173 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index. Includes filmography (pages 153-154). |
| ISBN: | 9780739165386 0739165380 1283098865 9781283098861 9786613098863 6613098868 |