The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture

The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture provides a detailed survey of the highly differentiated field of research on French politics, society and culture across the social sciences and humanities. The handbook includes contributions from the most eminent authors in their respective fields who bring their authority to bear on the task of outlining the current state-of-the art research in French Studies across disciplinary boundaries. As such, it represents an innovative as well as an authoritative survey of the field, representing an opportunity for a critical examination of the contrasts and the continuities in methodological and disciplinary orientations in a single volume.The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research on French politics, society and culture.

Introduction: French Politics and Culture in the Macron EraMarion Demossier, David Lees, Aurélien Mondon and Nina ParishPart I: Politics in Modern and Contemporary France1. From Despair, to Hope, to Limbo: The French Elections and the Future of the RepublicAurélien Mondon2. The French Party Political SystemJocelyn Evans3. Gaullism as a Doctrine and Political MovementBenjamin Leruth4. France and the World: The African DimensionMargaret A. Majumdar5. Gender in Modern and Contemporary French PoliticsGill AllwoodPart II: Identification and Belonging6. The Politics of MigrationAbdellali Hajjat7. The Political Transversality of Islamophobia: An Analysis of Historical and Ideological FoundationsMarwan Mohammed8. The new Politics of Racialisation in France: The Roma, Territorialisation and MobilityMarion Demossier9. Youth and Politics in France: Democratic Deficit or New Model of Citizenship?Anne Muxel10. Anti-racism, Race and the Republic in Contemporary FranceTom MartinPart III: Spaces of Political and Cultural Contestation11. La France dans la RueChris Reynolds12. The French ‘Banlieue’: Realities, Myths, RepresentationsChristina Horvath13. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: ‘Banlieue Youth’ as Figure of Speech and as Speaking FiguresFabien Truong14. Night-clubs and National Belonging: Malek Boutih’s Solutions for Personal and National InsecurityMehammed Mack15. Local and Social Belonging in the Contemporary French Rural WorldNicolas Renahy16. Gender and Crisis: Women’s Writing in French at the Start of the Twenty-first CenturyShirley JordanPart IV: Mediating Memories and Cultures17. Remembering the First World War in France: HGG and ThiepvalNina Parish and Eleanor Rowley18. Waging the War of Words: Propaganda and the Mass Media in Modern France, 1939–2017David Lees19. Cultural Policy:A Weakened Exception? (1959–2016)Philippe Poirier20. Popular Music Nostalgia in Contemporary French Media DiscourseChris Tinker21. Media and Contemporary FranceRaymond Kuhn22. The Multiple Deaths of the French IntellectualsBenoît Dillet23. Jewish Culture in Twenty-first Century FranceRebecca Infield and Rebekah Vince

Marion Demossier is Professor of French and European Studies at the University of Southampton, UK, where she holds a Chair in Social Anthropology.David Lees is Senior Teaching Fellow in French Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.Aurélien Mondon is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath, UK.Nina Parish is Professor in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Stirling, UK.