One story of academia: race lines and the rhetoric of distinction through the académie française
Auteur :
Traore, Moussa
Éditeur :
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN :
9781433109164
Date de publication :
16 mars 2010
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores how word race was historically linked to kings and feudal lords as a sign of elite social distinction, and how Academie francaise has embodied that type of distinction in France since its establishment in 1635. This book highlights how significance of language in French sense of race - as superiority - is at heart of Academie francaise.