Over recent decades concerns at the increased scarcity and
precarity of salaried employment have dominated political
struggles, theoretical debates and cultural representations in
France. This study argues that such concerns are evidence of a
profound shift in contemporary French economy, culture and society.
Engaging with work in political economy and sociology, the book
sketches a new interpretative framework, the better to understand
the nature and implications of these profound changes. It examines
the challenges such changes have posed to fundamental French
republican values, arguing they have opened up a rift between older
notions of French republican citizenship and the precarious forms
of subjectivity characteristic of post-Fordist labour. The book
traces the symptoms of this rift in a range of cinematic and
literary representations of the contemporary workplace, as these
depict the dilemmas faced, the trajectories followed, and the
geographical regions inhabited by French workers of different ages,
sexes, social classes, and ethnicities.
General
Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Studies in Modern and Contemporary France, 7 |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Jeremy F. Lane
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-83764-412-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-83764-412-8 |
Barcode: |
9781837644124 |
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