Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2015
Department 1
French
Abstract
Beginning with popular commentary on the 2013 Taubira Affair, this article aims to unsettle some common assumptions about “French identity.” More generally, it asks how best to approach the notion of culture in upperdivision culture and society courses. Drawing on recent debates in anthropology, it suggests an approach that moves away from an understanding of culture as a bound entity that promotes a common sense of orientation and purpose toward one where culture is viewed as a reservoir of references, whose meanings and values are continuously interpreted, negotiated, and contested.
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
Murphy, John P. "Unsettling Stereotypes: Approaches to the French Culture and Society Course." The French Review 89.1 (October 2015), 89-105.
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://frenchreview.frenchteachers.org/
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