Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Diana Holmes and David Looseley 1. Politics and Pleasure: Inventing Popular Culture in Contemporary France David Looseley 2. Authenticity and Appropriation: A Discursive History of French Popular Music David Looseley 3. The Mimetic Prejudice: the Popular Novel in France Diana Holmes 4. Why Popular Films are Popular : Identification, Imitation and Critical Mortification David Platten 5. French Television: Negotiating the National Popular Lucy Mazdon 6. Social and Linguistic Change in French: Does Popular Culture Mean Popular Language? Nigel Armstrong Conclusion Diana Holmes and David Looseley Bibliography Index
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