Francophone Cultures through Film / Edition 1

by Nabil Boudraa, Cecile Accilien

Overview

An engaging, content-based book for incorporating Francophone cinema and culture into advanced French Language courses or Francophone Studies courses. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a single feature film and includes aids for students watching the film, discussing and writing about the film, and understanding the film within the cultural context. The films come from all regions of the Francophone world, from Vietnam to Algeria to Haiti, and are organized chronologically from the colonial experience to today.

Features:

• A great selection of fifteen easily accessible feature films from all areas of the Francophone world that students are sure to enjoy;
• Analysis of pre-selected scenes that are clearly indicated where they are in the film, giving the class an easy starting point for in-depth study;
• Relevant readings at the end of each chapter, including interviews with Francophone directors and literary selections;
• Contextualized, pre-viewing vocabulary lists of just the right length, preparing the students for the film;
• Group discussion activities in every chapter that engage the class with the themes of the course;
• And more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585103119
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2013
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Nabil Boudraa is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Oregon State University. Cecile Accilien is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Cultures at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.

Table of Contents

List of Films
Preface and acknowledgments
Introduction
To the Instructor
Vocabulaire du Cinéma
Comment exprimer votre opinion?
List of Acronyms

Part 1: The Colonial Experience
Chapter 1: Rue Cases-Nègres
La Martinique
Rue Cases-Nègres
Activités
Bibliographie   

Chapter 2: Indigènes
    Algérie
    Indigènes
    Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 3: Lumumba : La Mort du Prophète
    Republique Democratique du Congo
    Lumumba : La Mort du Prophète
Activités
Bibliographie

Part 2: Struggles for Independence
Chapter 4: La Bataille d’Alger
    Algérie
    La Bataille d’Alger
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 5: Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
    La Martinique
    Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 6: Lumumba
    Republique Democratique du Congo
    Lumumba
Activités
Bibliographie

Part 3: Cultural Diversity
Chapter 7: Un été à La Goulette
    La Tunisie
    Un été à La Goulette
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 8: L’Auberge Espagnole
    La France
    L’Auberge Espagnole
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 9: Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis
    La France
    Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis
Activités
Bibliographie

Part 4: Immigration and Exile
Chapter 10: Salut Cousin !
    Algérie
    Salut Cousin !
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 11: Pièces d’identités
    Republique Democratique du Congo
    Pièces d’identités
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 12: La Grande Séduction
    Le Québec
    La Grande Séduction
Activités
Bibliographie

Part 5: Women in the Francophone World
Chapter 13: Faat Kiné
Le Senegal
Faat Kiné
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 14: Indochine
    Le Viêtnam
    Indochine
Activités
Bibliographie

Chapter 15: Poto Mitan: Haïtian Women Pillars of the Global Economy
    Haïti
    Poto Mitan: Haïtian Women Pillars of the Global Economy
Activités
Bibliographie

Bibliography
List of Distributors
Internet Resources
Index

Interviews

A primary text for Francophone Culture/Civ courses, an ancillary that brings an exciting study of feature film to a literature-based Francophone Studies/Civ/Literature course, or an ancillary that helps bring a cultural component to Advanced/AP French language courses.

Editorial Reviews

This text examines a wide variety of films from various areas of the Francophone world. Students are sure to enjoy every one of the films.”
- Mary Vogl, Colorado State University


“Boudraa and Accilien’s Francophone Cultures through Film fills a wide gap in textbooks about Francophone film and cultural studies.”
- Samira Sayeh, University of Kansas


“Courses based on textbooks like this are the wave of the future.”
- Jarrod Hayes, University of Michigan

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