Overview

Since the 1980s, France has experienced a vigorous revival of interest in its past and cultural heritage. This has been expressed as part of a movement of remembering through museums and festivals as well as via elaborate commemorations, most notably those held to celebrate the bi-centenary of the Revolution in 1989 and can be interpreted as part of a re-examinaton of what it means to be French in the context of ongoing Europeanization. This study brings together scholars from multidisciplinary backgrounds and engages them in debate with professionals from France, who are working in the fields of museology, heritage and cultural production. Addressing subjects such as war and memory, gastronomy and regional identity, maritime culture and urban societies, they throw fresh light on the process by which France has been conceptualized and packaged as a cultural object.

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Author:   Sarah Blowen ,  Marion Demossier ,  Jeanine Picard
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Imprint:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Volume:   v. 4
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9781571817280

ISBN 10:   157181728
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 December 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Editorial Note Introduction Sarah Blowen, Marion Demossier, Jeanine Picard PART I: MAKING SENSE OF THE PRESENT Chapter 1. Reconstructing the past: in search of new 'national identities' Brian Jenkins Chapter 2. Recalling the past and recreating it: ''museums actual and possible'' Sian Reynolds PART II: MEMORIES OF WAR Chapter 3. War museums in France Marie-Helene Joly Chapter 4. Public history and the 'Historial' project 1986--1998 Jay Winter Chapter 5. Lest we forget: memories, history and the Musee de la Resistance et de la Deportation de l'Isere Sarah Blowen PART III: MARITIME HERITAGE Chapter 6. Construction of a Breton maritime heritage: processes and signification Francoise Peron Chapter 7. Heritage and history: rocking the boat Francois Chappe Chapter 8. Hidden reefs: a case study of the Port-Rhu Floating museum fiasco in Douarnenez Jeanine Picard PART IV: CULINARY HERITAGE Chapter 9. Culinary heritage and produits de terroir in France: food for thought Marion Demossier Chapter 10. A market culture: produits de terroir or the selling of heritage Laurence Berard and Philippe Marchenay Chapter 11. Produits de terroir, between local identity and heritage Francois Portet PART V: URBAN CULTURES AND NEW EXPRESSIONS Chapter 12. Fast forward to the future? Cultural policies and the defnition of urban identities in the era of de-industrialisation Susan Milner Chapter 13. Public policy and urban cultures in France Francois Menard Chapter 14. The mean(ing of the) streets: reading urban cultures in contemporary France Chris Warne Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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This book is full of interest ... . Modern and Contemporary France This collection is valuable contribution to work on identity, memory, and culture in contemporary France. Its emphasis is laudably local and marginal and seeks to understand whether a cohesive French identity can survive the current degree of fragmentation ... A must for all students of contemporary French identity. .H-France

This book is full of interest ... - Modern and Contemporary France This collection is valuable contribution to work on identity, memory, and culture in contemporary France. Its emphasis is laudably local and marginal and seeks to understand whether a cohesive French identity can survive the current degree of fragmentation ... A must for all students of contemporary French identity. - H-France

<i> This book is full of interest ... </i><b> - Modern and Contemporary France</b></p> <i> This collection is valuable contribution to work on identity, memory, and culture in contemporary France. Its emphasis is laudably local and marginal and seeks to understand whether a cohesive French identity can survive the current degree of fragmentation ... A must for all students of contemporary French identity. </i> <b> - H-France</b></p>

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Sarah Blowen is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of the West of England.

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