Browsing French (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Socio-cultural shifts in the representation of gender (in)equality in Africa
(2023)Like anywhere else, many African societies were historically characterised by traditional gender roles and patriarchal structures, where men held dominant positions. Over time, social and political discourse on gender ... -
Sociological reading of the impact of nepotistic tribalism on political and socio-economic sustainable development in Africa
(2024)This study examines the portrayal of the manifestation and impact of nepotistic tribalism on political and socio-economic sustainable development in Africa. It is argued that tribal affiliation is an enriching cultural ... -
Sustaining learner engagement and achievement through the study abroad experience
(2021)The study abroad, also known as Year Abroad or Period Abroad, has always been and remains a very important part of any language degree programme. Whilst abroad, students are expected to develop language, academic, cultural, ... -
Vanguards of the Counter-revolution: The Far-right and the French Army's Guerre Révolutionnaire Doctrine
(2023)Guerre révolutionnaire doctrine was conceived of as a riposte to the new form of warfare which the French Army encountered and fell victim to in Indochina. Taking inspiration from both the Indochina experience and communist ... -
'VISUAL CULTURES OF THE BANLIEUES: PRECARIOUS PERIPHERIES OR CREATIVE CENTRES?
(2023)The Parisian banlieues have long been depicted through harmful stereotypes in political speeches, the press and mainstream film as places of violence, crime and poverty, and of social, racial and religious divisions. In ... -
Voltaire: Précis du siècle de Louis XV
(The Literary Dictionary Company Limited, 2022)Voltaire’s Précis du siècle de Louis XV is not as well known as it should be for a number of reasons. First, in historiographical terms, Enlightenment history has never recovered from the rise of historicism and its critique ... -
Jane Conroy (ed.) "Franco-Irish Connections: Essays, Memoirs and Poems in Honour of Pierre Joannon" Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2009
(2010)It is with some circumspection that this particular reviewer approaches a collection of articles ?in honour ? of someone. The danger of finding between the covers a disparate collection of articles aimed at eulogy and ... -
Les Rencontres des Muses: italianisme et anti-italianisme dans les lettres françaises de la fin du XVIe siècle (Geneva, Slatkine, 1992)
(1995)In this enlightening and comprehensive study, Jean Balsamo questions several traditional notions concerning Italy's influence on French Renaissance literature, notably the view that although it was at first positive, towards ... -
Jean-Philippe Beaulieu (ed.), Hélisenne de Crenne : les angoisses douloureuses qui procèdent d amour, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne University Press, 2005
(2006)The first work of Marguerite Briet, known as Helisenne de Crenne, was the moralizing prose narrative Les Angoisses douloureuses qui procedent d'amour, and it is, with good reason, recognized as one of the most significant ...
