03155nam 2200673 a 450 991081624710332120200520144314.00-85745-456-01-282-62661-297866126266160-85745-009-310.1515/9780857450098(CKB)2560000000012082(EBL)544298(OCoLC)645100602(SSID)ssj0000400793(PQKBManifestationID)12082126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000400793(PQKBWorkID)10397081(PQKB)11513222(MiAaPQ)EBC544298(DE-B1597)637484(DE-B1597)9780857450098(EXLCZ)99256000000001208220070928d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStardom in postwar France /edited by John Gaffney and Diana HolmesNew York Berghahn Books20071 online resource (248 p.)Polygons ;v. 12Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-160-X 1-84545-020-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-233) and index.Title page-Stardom in Postwar France; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1-Stardon in theory and context; Chapter2-1950s popular culture:star-gazing and myth-making with Roland Barthes and Edgar Morin; Chapter 3-'A Girl of Today': Brigitte Bardot; Chapter 4-Rock 'n' roll stardom: Johnny Hallyday; Chapter 5-Stardom on Wheels: Raymond Poulidor; Chapter 6-The auteur as star: Jean-Luc Godard; Chapter 7-The intellectual as celebrity: Claude Levi-Strauss; Chapter 8-'Starlette de la Litterature': Francoise Sagan; Chapter 9-The only act in town: Charles de Gaulle; Conclusion; BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndexThe 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 tPolygons ;v. 12.CelebritiesFranceHistory20th centuryFameFranceSocial life and customs20th centuryFranceIntellectual life20th centuryFranceCivilization1945-CelebritiesHistoryFame.305.5/2Gaffney John1950-245894Holmes Diana791951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816247103321Stardom in postwar France4008504UNINA