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Photography in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures (2014)
Book
Yacavone, K. (Ed.). (2014). Photography in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures

"A broad and inclusive account of the multiple manifestations of photography in contemporary French and francophone societies and cultures."

The cultural institutionalization of photography in France: a brief history (2014)
Journal Article
Yacavone, K. (2014). The cultural institutionalization of photography in France: a brief history. Nottingham French Studies, 55(2), https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2014.0080

This article provides a historical overview of the cultural institutionalization of photography in France, with a particular focus on the pioneering initiatives of individual photography enthusiasts throughout the 1970s to promote photographic cultur... Read More about The cultural institutionalization of photography in France: a brief history.

‘Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade ou a Morte?’: extravios do post(al) colonial em Nação Crioula (2014)
Journal Article
Gonçalves Miranda, R. (2014). ‘Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade ou a Morte?’: extravios do post(al) colonial em Nação Crioula. Via Atlantica, 147-164. https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i25.69631

This article aims to contest oedipal readings and the emphasis on symbols (utopian, heterotopian) which reduce the pluridimensionality of the "Postal" AND "Postal Politics" (BENNINGTON) on creole's (Post-/Neo)colonial spacing of the South Atlantic. A... Read More about ‘Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade ou a Morte?’: extravios do post(al) colonial em Nação Crioula.

Teresa Berganza's Reappropriation of Carmen (2014)
Journal Article
Andrews, J. (2014). Teresa Berganza's Reappropriation of Carmen. Journal of Romance Studies, 14(1), 19–39. https://doi.org/10.3828/jrs.14.1.19

This article analyses the approach of the distinguished Spanish mezzo-soprano, Teresa Berganza, to the role of Carmen since her debut in the role at the Edinburgh Festival in August 1977. Over the past thirty years Berganza, as a singer and a teacher... Read More about Teresa Berganza's Reappropriation of Carmen.

Mad puns and French poets: visual-verbal punning and 'l'art des fous' in Apollinaire's Calligrammes (2014)
Journal Article
Shingler, K. (2014). Mad puns and French poets: visual-verbal punning and 'l'art des fous' in Apollinaire's Calligrammes. Nottingham French Studies, 53(1), https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2014.0070

This article examines the use of visual-verbal punning structures in Guillaume Apollinaire's calligrammes, or visual poems. It considers how Apollinaire's mobilization of these punning structures may have emerged out of an interest in ‘l'art des fous... Read More about Mad puns and French poets: visual-verbal punning and 'l'art des fous' in Apollinaire's Calligrammes.