A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrase-book what to say when you get there. Only Speak the Culture: France will lead you to the nation’s soul. This easy-to-use cultural companion reflects what it means to have grown up with Camus, Cézanne, De Gaulle and Bardot; it captures the spirit of France and delves deep into the Gallic psyche.
Through exploring the people, the movements and the lifestyles that have shaped the French experience, you will come to an intimate understanding of France and the French.
There are many travel guides and manuals on living in France. Speak the Culture: France is different: a superbly designed, informed and entertaining insight into French life and culture and who the French really are.
Recommended by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Official French Government Centre of Language and Culture in the UK
For new residents, business travellers, holidaymakers, students and lovers of France everywhere, Speak the Culture: France is an engaging companion and guide to an enviably rich civilization at the heart of Europe.
Excerpt
“It would be wrong to imagine that your average Frenchwoman just pops into Chanel on the Rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré whenever she needs a new bag, cardy or fragrance. While a significant minority do indulge in ready-to-wear lines produced by designer labels, most are happy with less brand-conscious garments. Small boutiques and historic department stores like Le Bon Marché and Les Galeries Lafayette sell the big brands, but many French are happy to buy anonymous clothes at knockdown prices in chain stores like Tati, or even in the hypermarket.”

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France : Be fluent in French life and culture : History, society and lifestyle, literature and philosophy art and architecture, cinema, photography and fashion, music and drama, food and drink, media and sport

Speak the Culture: France (Travel)

Whittaker, Andrew

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Speak the culture, London, England, 2008

Thorogood Publishing Ltd., London, 2008

Illustrated, 2008

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A guidebook can show you where to go, a language guide what to say when you get there. But only "Speak the Culture: France" will lead you to a nation's soul. This easy to use cultural companion considers how it feels to have grown up with Flaubert, Cezanne and Bardot; it captures the flavours of French regional cuisine, paints the colour of festival life and delves deep into the Gallic psyche. Through exploring the people, movements and the lifestyles that have shaped the French experience, you will come to an intimate understanding of France and the French. This is not a travel guide or a manual on living in France. It's a superbly designed, informed and engaging insight into French life and culture and who the French really are

"...Everything is here, from French art and literature, architecture, media, sport, fashion and (of course) food and drink. But while not being in the slightest dumbed down, the information here (while often dealing with such weighty subjects as Proust and French existential philosophers) is delivered in a concise and highly accessible style (and aided considerably by the clever graphics which have a nicely self-mocking subtext)."-- Publisher description.

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 11
1 Identity: the foundations of French culture......Page 13
2 Literature and philosophy......Page 59
3 Art, architecture and design......Page 97
4 Performing arts......Page 135
5 Arbiters of style: cinema, photography and fashion......Page 185
6 Media and communications......Page 217
7 Consuming culture: food and drink......Page 239
8 Living culture: the state of the nation......Page 281

Captures the flavours of French regional cuisine, paints the colour of festival life and delves into the Gallic psyche. Through exploring the people, movements and lifestyles that have shaped the French experience, this book provides an understanding of France and the French. It gives insight into French life and culture and who the French are.

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