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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"French society"”.
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Education for revolution: pamphlets and the politicization of French society, 1787-1789
… long in the habit of looking upon the French Revolution as the "beginning" of the modern world, have concentrated their attention on the spectacular events of 1789 and later and have neglected in comparison the history of the years immediately preceding the Revolution. This imbalance …
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The ethics and politics of hospitality in contemporary French society: "Beur" literary translations
… of the ethics and politics of hospitality in the French contemporary context in relation to the diasporic populations of the descendants of post-war North African immigrants or the 'Beur', using an approach which combines philosophy, sociology and literature. I argue that the concept of …
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A qualitative exploration of the factors affecting the capabilities and integration of Algerian immigrants into French society
… and integration of Algerian immigrants into French society. The Northern suburbs of Marseille, an area where large communities of Algerians live, was selected as the study area. A sample of 14 individuals from different households who had been in France for at least a year were purposely …
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The contribution of Victor Hugo to the liberation, emancipation, and changing perceptions of women in 19th century French society
… of the most determining issues of 19th century French feminism, including women’s right to education, equal citizenship, universal suffrage rights, and the issue of regulated prostitution. Further, by examining the way in which Hugo’s views on women’s maternal role extended far beyond the …
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Conservative Modernism at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris
… tendency of historians to characterize French modernization as backward and interwar French society and culture as stagnant and even reactionary, I illustrate how the organizers' focus on human production and its representation in a conservative modernism was a valid response to both the …
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A Comprehensive Design for Molière's 'The Miser' through Costumes, Lights, and Set
… design of The Miser; one of the most famous French plays written by Molière. The play is based in Paris, France, where its main character Harpagon is portrayed as a miser. Classified as a comedy, this masterpiece has gained significant importance worldwide due to its accurate portrayal of …
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A discussion of the influence of antiquty in the art and architecture produced during the reign of emperor Napoleon 1st
… to his reign. The effect of these expeditions on French cultural output is charted through selected examples that decorated Paris and the changes the city underwent as it became an Imperial capital. The first chapter considers the presentation of looted artwork in the Louvre. How specific ancient …
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“L’éternel immigré”: identity and radicalism in France since 1962
… a former friend of his placed more blame on French society for Merah’s radicalization than on any external force. This thesis attempts to address that claim by examining the identity crisis in France and its relationship to both Islamist and far-right radicalism. It argues that the lingering …
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Balzac, Financial Adviser: Society and the Birth of Modern Finance
… to early nineteenth-century, post-revolutionary, French society. This analysis will situate six of his key works within the more subtle yet equally powerful revolution also taking place, that of industrialization. His belief that things (les choses) represent the physical manifestation (la …
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The Portrait of The Jew in The Balzacian Novel
… order to explore human experience and to depict French society. Because the Jews had a special relationship to the French community, they were also scrutinized by the author. As he began to observe the Jew, his perspicacity dispelled the superficiality of the demonic archetype which was commonly …
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Tissage Du Métissage: Construction Et Création Des Personnages Et Textes Métisses Dans La Littérature Contemporaine Francophone
… the concept of Métissage in contemporary French literature (métissage is a French term that contains all the following English meanings: diversity, hybridity, mixed-race, multiracialism, multiculturalism). Over the past 20 years racial diversity has been at the center of many debates and …
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RAP AND RESISTANCE: VISIONS OF SELF AND SOCIETY IN AMERICAN, AFRICAN, AND FRENCH HIP HOP MUSIC
Rap and Resistance: Visions of Self and Society in American, African, and French Hip Hop Music probes the ties between the formation of subjectivity in rap and its strategies of resistance against state, cultural, and societal violence and control of minority groups. This study examines the themes …
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Tamazgha in France: Indigeneity and Citizenship in the diasporic Amazigh movement
… diverse citizenship and integration in French society, whilst homeland-oriented citizenship is mostly expressed in nationalistic terms. This thesis charts how the politics of this diasporic Amazigh movement contest and produce spatial imaginations in the contemporary context of …
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The French Council for the Muslim Faith: Its Implications for Representing Muslims in France
The French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM) was formed in 2002 to act as an authoritative body for Muslims in France that it might regulate issues such as halal meat, holidays, and mosque construction, among others. A second intended role of the Council was to represent the interests of all …
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Travelling in Language and Image: Representing Alterity in French Romantic Fiction, Travel Narrative, Journalism, and Art, 1830--1870
… Merimee. The mid-nineteenth-century nascent ""society of the spectacle,"" to use Guy Debord's term, bearing the impact of colonization, political changes, an esthetic/scientific revolution of photography, and commercialization of works of art, represented a fertile ground for discussions on …
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WILLIAM ANDREWS NESFIELD [1794-1881] ARTIST AND LANDSCAPE GARDENER
… his wealthy patrons with a variation on the French seventeenth-century parterre-de-broderie. Undoubtedly, this device helped to forge a sympathetic bond between Nesfield and his patrons, for it had been a symbol of power and status in seventeenth-century France when it was associated with the …
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Doubly Marginalized: The Representation of Female Adolescence and 'Otherness' In Several Contemporary French Novels by Women of Non-French Origin
… years, particularly from areas formerly under French colonial control. Globalization has certainly provided French society with many benefits as well as many challenges, particularly when regarding immigration and the role of immigrants in the host society. The products associated with this …
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The Bourdieusian Julien Sorel
<p>The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu wrote an intriguing book titled <em>Distinction</em> in 1984, offering the world an in-depth look at the processes that create social stratification and their inherit inscription (and perpetuation) in society without the slightest sign of it occurring to …
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Changing Conceptions of Geopolitical Success: The Treaty of Paris as a Watershed in Anglo-French Understandings of the International System
… alongside wider changes in 18th century society. By looking at the prominence of ideas transferred throughout society and the drawing of parallels between the thought of the *philosophes* and their impact on strategy and the economy, the differences are placed into a broader context to …
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Maghrebis in Marseille: North African Immigration and French Social Welfare in the Late Colonial and Postcolonial Eras
This dissertation examines how French officials, welfare specialists, and social service providers in the city of Marseille responded to North African immigration during the period roughly between 1945 and 1975. It traces the origins of the project they launched in late colonial Marseille, …
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