What's France got to do with it? : contemporary memoirs of Australians in France /
De Nooy, Juliana,
What's France got to do with it? : contemporary memoirs of Australians in France / Juliana de Nooy. - 1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: What's it got to do with us? -- 2. What's travel got to do with it? Exploring a contemporary publishing phenomenon -- 3. What's being there got to do with it? Distance, presence and belonging -- 4. What's love got to do with it? -- 5. What's France got to do with it? -- 6. What's class got to do with it (and demographics more generally)? -- 7. What's culture got to do with it? -- 8. What's language got to do with it? -- 9. What's wine got to do with it? -- 10. What's gender got to do with it? -- 11. Conclusion: What's Australia got to do with it?
National edeposit: Available online
While only one book-length memoir recounting the sojourn of an Australian in France was published in the 1990s, well over 40 have been published since 2000, overwhelmingly written by women. Although we might expect a focus on travel, intercultural adjustment and communication in these texts, this is the case only in a minority of accounts. More frequently, France serves as a backdrop to a project of self-renovation in which transplantation to another country is incidental, hence the question 'What's France got to do with it?' The book delves into what France represents in the various narratives, its role in the self-transformation, and the reasons for the seemingly insatiable demand among readers and publishers for these stories. It asks why these memoirs have gained such traction among Australian women at the dawn of the twenty-first century and what is at stake in the fascination with France.
9781760463649 1760463647
2020445045
1900-1999
Australian literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
Literary landmarks--France.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.
Literature and society--Australia--20th century.
Australian literature
Characters and characteristics in literature
Literary landmarks
Literature
Literature and society
Literature, Modern
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects
France--In literature.
France--Criticism, Narrative.
Australia
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR9609.6 / .D46 2020eb
820.9994
What's France got to do with it? : contemporary memoirs of Australians in France / Juliana de Nooy. - 1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: What's it got to do with us? -- 2. What's travel got to do with it? Exploring a contemporary publishing phenomenon -- 3. What's being there got to do with it? Distance, presence and belonging -- 4. What's love got to do with it? -- 5. What's France got to do with it? -- 6. What's class got to do with it (and demographics more generally)? -- 7. What's culture got to do with it? -- 8. What's language got to do with it? -- 9. What's wine got to do with it? -- 10. What's gender got to do with it? -- 11. Conclusion: What's Australia got to do with it?
National edeposit: Available online
While only one book-length memoir recounting the sojourn of an Australian in France was published in the 1990s, well over 40 have been published since 2000, overwhelmingly written by women. Although we might expect a focus on travel, intercultural adjustment and communication in these texts, this is the case only in a minority of accounts. More frequently, France serves as a backdrop to a project of self-renovation in which transplantation to another country is incidental, hence the question 'What's France got to do with it?' The book delves into what France represents in the various narratives, its role in the self-transformation, and the reasons for the seemingly insatiable demand among readers and publishers for these stories. It asks why these memoirs have gained such traction among Australian women at the dawn of the twenty-first century and what is at stake in the fascination with France.
9781760463649 1760463647
2020445045
1900-1999
Australian literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
Literary landmarks--France.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.
Literature and society--Australia--20th century.
Australian literature
Characters and characteristics in literature
Literary landmarks
Literature
Literature and society
Literature, Modern
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects
France--In literature.
France--Criticism, Narrative.
Australia
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR9609.6 / .D46 2020eb
820.9994