Table of Contents

Architecture Cultural Institutions and Phenomena Economy Education and Research Fashion and Design Film Food and Drink History Intellectual Life Language and National Identity Literature and Popular Fiction Media: General Media: Press Media: Publishing Media: Radio Media: Television Music Performing Arts Politics Religion Society Sport and Leisure Visual Arts Writers

About the Author

Alex Hughes is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Birmingham, and Keith Reader is Head of French Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Reviews

'This excellent new Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture is a vivid and widely angled snapshot made user-friendly for the non-specialist observer ... authoritative and stimulating ... this encyclopedia will define contemporary French culture for a generation. This very informative and thoughtful Encyclopedia will be a boon to all France-watchers.' - Times Literary Supplement'Articles are lucid, informative, reliable and of value to both the novice and the expert. It is a well balanced, impressive piece of work and an essential reference tool for all relevant libraries.' - Reference Reviews

'This work would be of utility to college and university students not only in French programmes but in areas such as cinema studies, literary theory, or political science. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.' - Booklist

'This excellent new Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture is a vivid and widely angled snapshot made user-friendly for the non-specialist observer ... authoritative and stimulating ... this encyclopedia will define contemporary French culture for a generation. This very informative and thoughtful Encyclopedia will be a boon to all France-watchers.' -Times Literary Supplement

'Recommended especially for public libraries.'-Library Journal'Articles are lucid, informative, reliable and of value to both the novice and the expert. It is a well balanced, impressive piece of work and an essential reference tool for all relevant libraries.' -Reference Reviews
'Coverage ... is impressively wide' -Journal of French Language Studies
'This Encyclopedia is a very useful source of information on many contemporary topics' - French Review