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Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonization and the Reordering of French Culture (October Books),Used
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Fast Cars, Clean Bodies examines the crucial decade from Dien Bien Phu to the mid1960s when France shifted rapidly from an agrarian, insular, and empireoriented society to a decolonized, Americanized, and fully industrial one. In this analysis of a startling cultural transformation Kristin Ross finds the contradictions of the period embedded in its various commodities and cultural artifactsautomobiles, washing machines, women's magazines, film, popular fiction, even structuralismas well as in the practices that shape, determine, and delimit their uses.In each of the book's four chapters, a central object of mythical image is refracted across a range of discursive and material spaces: social and private, textual and cinematic, national and international. The automobile, the new cult of cleanliness in the capital and the colonies, the waning of Sartre and de Beauvoir as the couple of national attention, and the emergence of reshaped, functionalist masculinities (revolutionary, corporate, and structural) become the key elements in this prehistory of postmodernism in France.Modernization ideology, Ross argues, offered the promise of limitless, even timeless, development. By situating the rise of 'end of history' ideologies within the context of France's transition into mass culture and consumption, Ross returns the touted timelessness of modernization to history. She shows how the realist fiction and film of the period, as well as the work of social theorists such as Barthes, Lefebvre, and Morin who began at the time to conceptualize 'everyday life,' laid bare the disruptions and the social costs of events. And she argues that the logic of the racism prevalent in France today, focused on the figure of the immigrant worker, is itself the outcome of the French state's embrace of capitalist modernization ideology in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies'? A: 'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies' explores the cultural transformation in France from the 1950s to the 1960s, focusing on the shift from an agrarian society to an industrialized and decolonized one.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies' is Kristin Ross.
- Q: What types of cultural artifacts are analyzed in the book? A: The book analyzes various cultural artifacts, including automobiles, washing machines, women's magazines, films, and popular fiction.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: 'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies' has a total of 274 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies' published? A: 'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies' was published on February 28, 1996.
- Q: What is the significance of the automobile in the book? A: The automobile is a central object in the book, representing the cultural and social changes in France during the modernization period.
- Q: Does the book discuss the impact of modernization ideology? A: Yes, Kristin Ross discusses how modernization ideology influenced French society and contributed to the disruptions and social costs experienced during this transition.
- Q: Is there a specific focus on the role of women in the book? A: Yes, the book examines the representation and role of women in the context of the cultural transformations during the period.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: The available edition of the book is the CA revised edition, which includes a 7.25% tax.