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9789042013650: National Stereotypes in Perspective: Americans in France, Frenchmen in America
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ISBN 10 : 9042013656 ISBN 13 : 9789042013650
Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2001

Synopsis

Since the late 18th century, when they first entered into an alliance during the American Revolution, the French and Americans have had a long and sometimes stormy relationship based on a complex mix of mutual admiration, cultural criticism, and sometimes downright disgust for the "other." The relatively new interdisciplinary field of imagology, or image studies, allows us to place the dynamics of such a relationship into perspective by grounding its analysis firmly in the study of national stereotypes, in the process providing new insights into the mentality of the observer. For if anything, image studies demonstrate again and again that national character is not-as assumed uncritically for centuries-an innate essence of the "other", but rather a self-serving functional construct of the observer.

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Since the late 18th century, when they first entered into an alliance during the American Revolution, the French and Americans have had a long and sometimes stormy relationship based on a complex mix of mutual admiration, cultural criticism, and sometimes downright disgust for the other. The relatively new interdisciplinary field of imagology, or image studies, allows us to place the dynamics of such a relationship into perspective by grounding its analysis firmly in the study of national stereotypes, in the process providing new insights into the mentality of the observer. For if anything, image studies demonstrate again and again that national character is notas assumed uncritically for centuriesan innate essence of the other, but rather a self-serving functional construct of the observer.

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Éditeur
Editions Rodopi B.V.
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9042013656
ISBN 13 
9789042013650
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
443
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Personne responsable
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