Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture

International team of contributors and consultants have provided over 700 entries offering wide-ranging coverage and crossing the traditional boundaries between disciplines in the hu-manities and social sciences. French culture is defined in its broad sense and areas covered include: economy, education, film, food and wine, gender and sexuality, intellectual life, language and identity, literature, media, music, performing arts, politics and more.Entries range from shorter, factual contributions to longer essays.