American 'unculture' in French Drama: Homo Americanus and the Post-1960 French Resistance

by Les Essif

Representation of American characters and spaces in French plays have increased dramatically in number, nature and nuance since the 1960s, and this book explores the role that 'America' plays in the French imagination, as it translates on the French stage. The book begins with an introduction that brings together a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, including Baudrillard's concepts of American 'unculture' and 'hyperreality, ' Debray's 'homo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137299029
• ISBN13: 9781137299024
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"