Ross, Kristin,

Fast cars, clean bodies : decolonization and the reordering of French culture / Kristin Ross. - x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"An October book.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- La Belle Americaine -- Car History -- Moving Pictures -- Cars, Couples, and Careers -- Hygiene and Modernization -- Housekeeping -- Keeping House -- Couples -- The Great Divorce -- The Making of the New French Middle Class -- Neobourgeois Space -- New Men -- New Men and the Death of Man -- Cadres -- Immobile Time -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Selected Filmography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Decolonization--History--France--20th century.
Technology--Social aspects--History--France--20th century.
Popular culture--History--France--20th century.
Racism--France
French literature--History and criticism--20th century
Authors, French--Political and social views.--20th century


France--Civilization--1945-
France--Civilization--American influences

DC33.7. / R65 1995

944.083