Rethinking France
Les Lieux de mémoire, Volume 3: Legacies
Rethinking France
Les Lieux de mémoire, Volume 3: Legacies
The third volume of Pierre Nora’s monumental work documenting the history and culture of France turns to French manners, mores, and society. While previous volumes focused on specific historical events, people, and institutions within France, the essays in Legacies are concerned with the kinds of things that make up the heart of French culture: conversation, cafés, songs, wine, gallantry, and places imbued with national symbolism such as Notre Dame and Sacré Coeur cathedrals. Linking these diverse topics together is the idea of patrimony—a term used by the French to designate the collective culture of the country or its national heritage—a concept that has undergone radical changes beginning with the Revolution and corresponding to other dramatic ruptures throughout France’s history.
As a whole, these twelve essays by leading French historians add up to an illuminating and well-rounded portrait of those cherished traditions that together form the basic foundation for the distinctive culture of the French.
Reviews
Table of Contents
Introduction
Pierre Nora (translated by Richard C. Holbrook)
1. The Notion of Patrimony
André Chastel (translated by Nancy Turpin)
2. The Village Church
Philippe Boutry (translated by Nancy Turpin)
3. The Industrial Arts
Yves Lequin (translated by Richard C. Holbrook)
4. The Industrial Age
Louis Bergeron (translated by Richard C. Holbrook)
5. Proverbs, Tales, and Songs
Daniel Fabre (translated by Margaret Miner)
6. Vine and Wine
Georges Durand (translated by Hersh Glagov)
7. Gallantry
Noémi Hepp (translated by Deke Dunisberre)
8. Conversation
Marc Fumaroli (translated by John Ireland)
9. The Café
Benoît Lecoq (translated by Nancy Turpin)
10. Notre Dame of Paris
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (translated by Janine Maltz)
11. Sacré Coeur of Montmartre
François Loyer (translated by Janine Maltz)
12. The Collège de France
Christophe Charle (translated by Gayle Levy)
Illustration Credits
Plan of the Volumes
Index
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