{"product_id":"france-on-display-shanny-peer-9780791437100","title":"France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore in the 1937 Paris World's Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores national identity in twentieth-century France.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1999 Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies presented by the Association for French Cultural Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1937 Paris World's Fair presented a traditionalist image of France as a rural, provincial country, faithful to its folk traditions and to its Old World heritage. France's attachment, well into the twentieth century, to its traditionalist roots has often been interpreted by scholars as a reactionary impulse, a desire to resist modernization or a wish to return to the past. However, in this book Peer argues that this enduring attachment in Third Republic France to peasants, provincials, and folklore was not inherently reactionary or anti-modernist. Instead, these aspects of France's \"traditional\" heritage were refashioned in new ways to allow France to modernize while still retaining its distinctive identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shanny Peer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791437108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791437100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.91w x 0.65d","brand":"Shanny Peer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438007922943,"sku":"9780791437100","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3699ec6a-d6ec-4049-a3f2-d5662343644d.jpg?v=1777168171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/france-on-display-shanny-peer-9780791437100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}