The Politics of fun : Cultural policy and debate in contemporary France / David L. Looseley

By:

Looseley, David L

Series: Berg French studiesPublication details: Oxford ; Washington, D.C. : Berg Publishers, 1995Description: 279 p. 23 cmISBN:

1859730132

Summary: This authoritative study considers contemporary policies for the arts in France and the cultural and political issues they have raised. The author concentrates particularly on the seminal Mitterrand years but also disentangles the various influences which marked them. Analyzing the role of the curious, often notorious, and ever more powerful ‘Ministry of Culture’, he traces the gradual shift from the democratization of high culture, adopted as a quasi-religious crusade by the first Minister for Cultural Affairs, André Malraux, during the De Gaulle era, to the aesthetic relativism and 'fun' culture which became the trademark of the department during the 1980s and 1990s under the controversial Jack Lang. He also examines wider debates about the relationship between culture, society and the state. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Magatzem	General	M 0180	1	Exclòs de préstec		1900127002

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- -- I. Culture and the State : The History of the Ministry: 1. The Precursors: The Popular Front, Vichy and the Liberation ; 2. Heritage, Creation, Democratization: The Malraux Years ; 3. From Malraux to Mitterrand: Creation and Creativity -- II. A Socialist Ministry: Theory and Practice, 1981-86 : 4. Culture and the Economy: les intellos au boulot ; 5. Policies for High Culture: la création dans la cité ; 6. Beyond High Culture: Pluralism and le tout-culturel ; 7. A Certain Idea of the City: The Presidencial grands projets -- III. Policies and Debates, 1986-93: 8. Lang and the Politics of Fun: Politicising the Cultural Debate, 1985-88 ; 9. Popularising the Past: Lang et Léotard, même combat? 10. Culture and the Audiovisual ; 11. A l'heure des bilans: The Ministry in Question -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Brief Chronology Since 1959 -- Index

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