La République des signes: myths of Frenchness since Le Petit Diouf
La République des signes: myths of Frenchness since Le Petit Diouf
Reflecting on Roland Barthes’ Le Petit Diouf, Pr Michael Kelly explores the relationship between nationhood and myth-making in contemporary France. The Petit Diouf is the figure pictured on the front page of a 1955 issue of the French magazine Paris Match. It provides an example of the way daily myths operate in the making of French national identity and eventually reinforce the power of the state.
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Kelly, Michael
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8 December 2015
Kelly, Michael
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Kelly, Michael
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La République des signes: myths of Frenchness since Le Petit Diouf.
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Abstract
Reflecting on Roland Barthes’ Le Petit Diouf, Pr Michael Kelly explores the relationship between nationhood and myth-making in contemporary France. The Petit Diouf is the figure pictured on the front page of a 1955 issue of the French magazine Paris Match. It provides an example of the way daily myths operate in the making of French national identity and eventually reinforce the power of the state.
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