LEADER 03010nam 2200433 450 001 9910477241803321 005 20230712064700.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000569524 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000569524 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000569524 100 $a20230330d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhat's France got to do with it? $econtemporary memoirs of Australians in France /$fJuliana De Nooy 210 1$aActon, A.C.T. :$cAustralian National University Press,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) $cillustrations 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index. 327 $a1. 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? 330 $aWhile 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. 517 $aWhat’s France got to do with it? 517 $aWhat?s France got to do with it? 606 $aAustralian literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSocial perception in literature 615 0$aAustralian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSocial perception in literature. 676 $a820.9994 700 $aDe Nooy$b Juliana$01348400 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910477241803321 996 $aWhat's France got to do with it$93085884 997 $aUNINA