Imagining the popular in contemporary French culture

French Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Sociology, History/Cultural History., Specific chapters will be of relevance to: Cultural Policy, Popular Music Studies, Literary Studies, Film and TV Studies, Linguistics IMAGINING THE POPULAR IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CULTURE -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and table -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Imagining the popular: highbrow, lowbrow, middlebrow: Diana Holmes and David Looseley -- CHAPTER 1: Politics and pleasure: inventing popular culture in contemporary France: David Looseley -- CHAPTER 2: A uthenticity and appropriation: a discursive history of French popular music: David Looseley -- CHAPTER 3: The mimetic prejudice: the popular novel in France: Diana Holmes -- CHAPTER 4: Why popular films are popular: identification, imitation and critical mortification: David Platten -- CHAPTER 5: French television: negotiating the national popular: Lucy Mazdon -- CHAPTER 6: Social and linguistic change in French: does popular culture mean popular language?: Nigel Armstrong -- Conclusion: Diana Holmes and David Looseley -- Bibliography -- Index This Groundbreaking Book Is About What ‘popular Culture’ Means In France, And How The Term’s Shifting Meanings Have Been Negotiated And Contested. It Represents The First Theoretically Informed Study Of The Way That Popular Culture Is Lived, Imagined, Fought Over And Negotiated In Modern And Contemporary France. It Covers A Wide Range Of Overarching Concerns: The Roles Of State Policy, The Market, Political Ideologies, Changing Social Contexts And New Technologies In The Construction Of The Popular. But It Also Provides A Set Of Specific Case Studies Showing How Popular Songs, Stories, Films, Tv Programmes And Language Styles Have Become Indispensable Elements Of ‘culture’ In France. Deploying Yet Also Rethinking A ‘cultural Studies’ Approach To The Popular, The Book Therefore Challenges Dominant Views Of What French Culture Really Means Today. This book is about what 'popular culture' means in France, and how the term's shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested. It offers an informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But it also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of 'culture' in France Front matter Contents Figures and table Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Imagining the popular: highbrow, lowbrow, middlebrow Politics and pleasure: inventing popular culture in contemporary France Authenticity and appropriation: a discursive history of French popular music The mimetic prejudice: the popular novel in France Why popular films are popular: identification, imitation and critical mortification French television: negotiating the national popular Social and linguistic change in French: does popular culture mean popular language? Conclusion Bibliography Index