French cinema: economy, policy and place in the making of a cultural-products industry
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The French film industry is characterized by a dynamic network involving a functionally disintegrated production system, an activist regulatory environment, and Paris as a specific locale. Topics discussed include the business organization of the French film industry, industry trends, distribution, markets, a two-tier production system, social regulation of the industry, location, local labor markets, the cultural logic of the industry, and the metropolitan context of Paris.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2000
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The cybernetic matrix of 'French Theory'
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The influence of cybernetics in addition to structuralism, post-structuralism and modern philosophy on the development of French thinking post World War II is described. The entry of cybernetics oversimplifies the past authors and it highlights a difficult intellectual filiation that is bad for intellectual endeavor.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2007
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'So far so good...': 'La Haine' and the poetics of the everyday
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The French film 'La Haine' is discussed in relation to aesthetic strategies and cultural politics. Topics include ghetto aesthetics, the use of music in the film, and racialized representations.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2000
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