03010nam 2200433 450 991047724180332120230712064700.0(CKB)5470000000569524(NjHacI)995470000000569524(EXLCZ)99547000000056952420230330d2020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhat's France got to do with it? contemporary memoirs of Australians in France /Juliana De NooyActon, A.C.T. :Australian National University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (xii, 204 pages) illustrationsIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.1. Introduction: Whats it got to do with us? -- 2. Whats travel got to do with it? Exploring a contemporary publishing phenomenon -- 3. Whats being there got to do with it? Distance, presence and belonging -- 4. Whats love got to do with it? -- 5. Whats France got to do with it? -- 6. Whats class got to do with it (and demographics more generally)? -- 7. Whats culture got to do with it? -- 8. Whats language got to do with it? -- 9. Whats wine got to do with it? -- 10. Whats gender got to do with it? -- 11. Conclusion: Whats Australia got to do with it?While only one book-length memoir recounting the sojourn of an Australian in France was published in the 1990s, well over 40 have been published since 2000, overwhelmingly written by women. Although we might expect a focus on travel, intercultural adjustment and communication in these texts, this is the case only in a minority of accounts. More frequently, France serves as a backdrop to a project of self-renovation in which transplantation to another country is incidental, hence the question 'What's France got to do with it?' The book delves into what France represents in the various narratives, its role in the self-transformation, and the reasons for the seemingly insatiable demand among readers and publishers for these stories. It asks why these memoirs have gained such traction among Australian women at the dawn of the twenty-first century and what is at stake in the fascination with France.-- |c Source other than Library of Congress.What’s France got to do with it?What’s France got to do with it?Australian literature20th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature, ModernHistory and criticismSocial perception in literatureAustralian literatureHistory and criticism.Literature, ModernHistory and criticism.Social perception in literature.820.9994De Nooy Juliana1348400NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910477241803321What's France got to do with it3085884UNINA