It's So French! by Vanessa R Schwartz
Explores the affinity between the French and American film industries, breaking down myths of American imperialism and French cultural protectionism. This book illuminates the vital role that cinema has played in the globalization of culture. It also probes the profitable influences that Hollywood and Paris exerted on each other.
It is difficult to say whether Vanessa Schwartz's work provides more brilliant analyses and stimulating perspectives to the history of culture or to the history of the cinemaUndoubtedly to both, since the connections she makes between filmmaking and the creation of urban imaginaires are original and convincing. Neither Hollywood, obviously, nor Paris, as well, would exist without films, at least in our thoughts and desires, and Vanessa Schwartz shows this masterfully. 'So French!' - perhaps, but so well done - absolutely! - Antoine de Baecque, coauthor of Truffaut: A Biography
Vanessa R. Schwartz lives in Santa Monica and is professor of history, art history, and cultural studies at the University of Southern California. She is coeditor of Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life and the author of Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226742434 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226742431 |
| Title | It's So French! |
| Author | Vanessa R Schwartz |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2007-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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