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Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2955902152
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Author: Victoria Best
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526162792
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this study of a very significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.

Author: Michael Mould
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136825738
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 569

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The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French reveals the hidden cultural dimension of contemporary French, as used in the press, going beyond the limited and purely lexical approach of traditional bilingual dictionaries. Even foreign learners of French who possess a good level of French often have difficulty in fully understanding French articles, not because of any linguistic shortcomings on their part but because of their inadequate knowledge of the cultural references. This cultural dictionary of French provides the reader with clear and concise explanations of the crucial cultural dimension behind the most frequently used words and phrases found in the contemporary French press. This vital background information, gathered here in this innovative and entertaining dictionary, will allow readers to go beyond a superficial understanding of the French press and the French language in general, to see the hidden yet implied cultural significance that is so transparent to the native speaker. Key features: a broad range of cultural references from the historical and literary to the popular and classical, with an in-depth analysis of punning mechanisms. over 3,000 cultural references explained a three-level indicator of frequency over 600 questions to test knowledge before and after reading. The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French is the ideal reference for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of French seeking to enhance their understanding of the French language. It will also be of interest to teachers, translators and Francophiles alike. French students in khâgne, Sciences-Po and schools of journalism will also find this valuable and relevant for their studies.

Author: Midian Press
Publisher: Midianpress
ISBN: 0980793874
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Midianpress learn to speak French workbook takes the student from beginner and teaches them fast and effectively. All lessons are explained in simple plain English so as not to confuse the student with complex English grammar. There are 118 pages in 12 units. Topics start with the basic grammar then continue on to include: Introductions Professions Checking into hotels Ordering food Shopping Who, what, where, how, when Directions To like, love Descriptions Directions Whether To be Comparisons To know Over 80 practical exercises. Grammar is explained in detailed sections covering most topics that vary from English, including Conjugation of verbs The present tense The past tenses Future tense Also includes an extensive verb section

Author: Kjersti Fløttum
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027272034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Recent years have witnessed the European Union struggling to keep Europe together in increasingly difficult economic and political circumstances. Communication within and about European institutions has become more challenging in this perplexing political environment, demonstrating the complex nature of EU political discourse. In order to highlight these complexities, the contributors to this volume present different theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of diverse facets of EU discourse, realized through a variety of linguistic and discursive phenomena. The approaches represent rhetorical theory, metaphor and conceptual theory, cognitive and corpus linguistics, lexical statistics, polyphony, logical semantics, pragmatic and philosophical perspectives. Through this multitude of perspectives the book complements existing approaches and suggests new approaches in the study of political discourse.

Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 507

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The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten—by the author of the acclaimed The Discovery of France. This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction, of the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten. A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter. A well-dressed woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a map—there were no reliable ones at the time—Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine. Baudelaire, the photographer Marville, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boheme, Proust, Adolf Hitler touring the occupied capital in the company of his generals, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt in Notre Dame)—these and many more are Robb’s cast of characters, and the settings range from the quarries and catacombs beneath the streets to the grand monuments to the appalling suburbs ringing the city today. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel.

Author: E. Martin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230511902
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Elizabeth Martin explores the impact of globalization on the language of French advertising, showing that English and global imagery play an important role in tailoring global campaigns to the French market, with media companies undeterred by the attempts through legislation to curb language mixing in the media.

Author: Michel GOUX
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291519335
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : fr
Pages : 131

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La plus grosse compilation de jamais éditée : 1500 devinettes tous genres, tous styles... Pour enfants ou plus osées pour adultes.Les Lada, les animaux, les blondes, les nationalités, les hommes, les femmes, il y en a pour tous les goûts !De nombreuses heures de rigolade en pespective !

Author: Elodie FLEURETTE
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471013200
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 306

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Trentenaire, maman de deux adorables petits monstres, elle se débat entre vie professionnelle calamiteuse et peines de coeur à répétition.Accompagnée de ses deux meilleurs amis, Judith la nympho et Mathieu l'handicapé des sentiments, elle va dans un sain souffle libertaire s'attaquer à l'Administration, au monde du travail, à la famille et ses traditions ainsi qu'aux fantasmes de ses concitoyens.Tout y passera !Dans un humour brut de décoffrage, l'hypocrisie de la civilisation judéo chrétienne sera mise à mal.Dépressive alcoolique n'étant pas un statut qu'elle chérie, elle décide donc de prendre sa vie à bras le corps et d'éradiquer les Cons se jetant sur son passage.Sophie arrivera t'elle à replâtrer les morceaux de sa vie pour un happy end ?

Author: Franck Marcheix
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291061479
Category : Self-Help
Languages : fr
Pages : 190

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Pragmatique drôle et efficace !Dans notre société, l'hypnose est un mot qui fait peur.Les premières pensées vont vers l'hypnose de spectacle quel'on voit à la télévision ou alors, on l'associe directement au magnétisme, à la voyance, à l'ésotérisme, voire même aucharlatanisme.À travers ce livre, Franck Marcheix bouscule ces idéesreçues, redonne à l'hypnose ses lettres de noblesse etsurtout remet l'hypnose à sa juste place c'est-à-dire commeun outil puissant de développement personnel et dethérapie.Avec des anecdotes personnelles, des histoires et desexercices simples, il vous guide sur le chemin de l'autohypnose pour vous aider à mieux vous comprendre etpour que vous puissiez user et abuser de cet outil de bien-être dans votre quotidien.Vous remarquerez que le parcours sera jonché d'humour,ce qui rendra votre lecture agréable, tout en faisant du bienà votre esprit !Ce livre est la clé de vous-même, qu'attendez-vous pour lasaisir ?