{"product_id":"9780948462856","title":"Parisian Fields","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps no world city has so many resonances, on so many levels, as Paris. Cafe society, \u003ci\u003edemi-monde\u003c\/i\u003e, the intellectual life, film-makers and writers... Paris has fragmented socially, sexually, intellectually and linguistically into many fields. \u003ci\u003eParisian Fields\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to investigate some of these.\u003cp\u003eThe writers investigate how Paris has been both seen and shaped by tourist guides; how its topography has been represented and allegorized by film-makers like Godard, Clair, Vigo and Renoir; how the city has responded to \"new\" Parisians – for example Afro-American musicians and dancers such as Josephine Baker – and to previously marginalized Parisians – gays and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterary analysis, film, social and gender theory, perspectives on urbanism; here are many provocative and innovative views of the open field of Paris, which will appeal to anyone interested in French cultural and literary studies – or just in the City of Light herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith essays by Roger Clark, Nicholas Hewitt, Jon Kear, Tom Conley, Michael Sheringham, Alex Hughes, Adrian Rifkin, Belinda Jack, Verena Andermatt Conley and Marc Augé.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034089439472,"sku":"9780948462856","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780948462856_p0.jpg?v=1763871735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780948462856","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}