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Europeanising spaces in Paris, c. 1947-1962

Title
Europeanising spaces in Paris, c. 1947-1962 / Hugh McDonnell.
Author
McDonnell, Hugh
Publication
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016.

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Description
289 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"In the wake of the Second World War, ideas of Europe abounded. What did Europe mean as a concept, and what did it mean to be European? Europeanising Spaces in Paris, c. 1947-1962 makes the case that Paris was both a leading and distinctive forum for the expression of these ideas in the post-war period. It examines spaces in the French capital in which ideas about Europe were formulated, articulated, exchanged, circulated, and contested during this post-war period, roughly between the escalation of the Cold War and the end of France's war of decolonisation in Algeria. Such processes of making sense of Europe are elucidated in urban, political and cultural spaces in the French capital. Specifically, the Parisian café, home and street are each examined in terms of how they were implicated in ideas about Europe. Then, the Paris-based Mouvement socialiste des états unis d'Europe (The Socialist Movement for the United States of Europe) and the far-right wing Fédération des étudiants nationalistes (The Federation of Nationalist Students) are examined as examples of political movements that mobilised around--very different--concepts of Europe. The final section on cultural Europeanising spaces draws attention to the specificities of the Europeanism of exiles from Franco's Spain in Paris; the work of the great scholar of the Arab world, Jacques Berque, in the context of his understanding of the Mediterranean world and his understanding of faith; and finally, the work of the legendary photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, by looking at the capacities and limitations of the photographic medium for the representation of Europe, and how these corresponded with Cartier-Bresson's political, social, and aesthetic commitments"--Publisher description.
Alternative Title
Europeanizing spaces in Paris, c. 1947-1962
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.
Call Number
JFE 16-10259
ISBN
  • 9781781383025 (cased)
  • 1781383022 (cased)
LCCN
2016285253
OCLC
930829260
Author
McDonnell, Hugh, author.
Title
Europeanising spaces in Paris, c. 1947-1962 / Hugh McDonnell.
Publisher
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1944
Research Call Number
JFE 16-10259
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