Consumer Chronicles - Cultures of Consumption in Modern French Literature

Informationen zum Autor David H. Walker is Professor of French at the University of Sheffield and was formerly President of the Society for French Studies and President of the Association of University Professors of French. His books include 'Outrage and Insight: Modern French Writers and the 'fait divers''. Oxford, Berg French Studies, 1995 and a number of critical editions of the work of André Gide. Klappentext At a time when the world is facing the depletion of nonrenewable natural resources! consumer society is increasingly being called into question. Nowhere is this more evident than in France! where the consumer revolution has long been perceived as a challenge to artisanal crafts! local business! and other key elements of French culture. David H. Walker here charts the portrayal of consumer behavior in the works of Gide! Zola! Jean Valmy-Basse! and Elsa Triolet and analyzes these testimonies in relation to their social! cultural and historical milieu. "Consumer Chronicles" offers an imaginative look at the impact of affluence on French consumers! shopkeepers! and society and provides valuable insight into the history of the consumer mentality in the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung At a time when the world is contemplating the depletion of non-renewable natural resources! the consumer society is increasingly being called into question.

Product details

• Authors: David H. Walker, David H. (School of Modern Languages and Linguistics Walker
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2011
• EAN: 9781846314872
• ISBN: 978-1-84631-487-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO; Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies