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Anthropology Texts for TeachingSTARDOM IN POSTWAR FRANCE
Edited by John Gaffney and Diana Holmes
| 248 pages, bibliog., index ISBN 978-1-84545-020-5 Hb $75.00/£37.50 Published (Winter 2007) Buy now and get 15% off listed price |
The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new postwar world in the context of a France that was both modern and traditional, we can see how these worlds met and interacted, and how they set the scene for the turbulent 1960s and 70s. The examination of the development of mass culture in post-war France, undertaken in this volume, offers a valuable insight into the shifts that took place. By exploring stardom from the domain of cinema and other fields, represented here by famous figures such as Brigitte Bardot, Johnny Hallyday or Jean-Luc Godard, and less conventionally treated areas of enquiry (politics [de Gaulle], literary [Françoise Sagan], and intellectual culture [Lévi-Strauss]) the reader is provided with a broad understanding of the mechanisms of popularity and success, and their cultural, social, and political roles. The picture that emerges shows that many cultural articulations remained or became identifiably "French," in spite of the American mass-culture origins of these social, economic, and cultural transformations.
John Gaffney is Professor of French Government at Aston University. He is the author and editor of a dozen books on French and British politics and culture.
Diana Holmes is Professor of French at the University of Leeds. She is the author of many books and articles on women writers in 19th and (mainly) 20th century France, including Colette (1991), French Women’s Writing 1848-1996 (1998), Rachilde: Decadence, Gender and the Woman Writer (2001). In film studies, she has co-authored a book on the cinema of François Truffaut, and co-edits a major series on French Film Directors (Manchester University Press). She is currently at work on a study of female-authored romance in 20th century France, and working on gender in Hollywood and New Wave film in the 50s/60s.
Series: Volume 12, Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections
Contents
Chapter 1. Stardom in Theory and Context John Gaffney and Diana Holmes Chapter 2. 1950s Popular Culture: Star-Gazing and Myth-Making with Roland Barthes and Edgar Morin Susan Weiner Chapter 3. ‘A Girl of Today’: Brigitte Bardot Diana Holmes Chapter 4. Rock ’n’ Roll Stardom: Johnny Hallyday Chris Tinker Chapter 5. Stardom on Wheels: Raymond Poulidor Philip Dine Chapter 6. The Auteur as Star: Jean-Luc Godard Alison Smith Chapter 7. The Intellectual as Celebrity: Claude Lévi-Strauss Christopher Johnson Chapter 8. ‘Starlette de la Littérature’: Françoise Sagan Heather Lloyd Chapter 9. The Only Act in Town: Charles de Gaulle John Gaffney
Conclusion John Gaffney and Diana Holmes
Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index