Portfolio Category: direction d'ouvrage

International Relations, Music and Diplomacy Sounds and Voices on the International Stage

Ramel, Frédéric, Prévost-Thomas, Cécile (Eds.), International Relations, Music and Diplomacy. Sounds and Voices on the International Stage, Palgrave Macmillan, February 2018 This volume explores the interrelation of international relations, music, and diplomacy from a multidisciplinary perspective. Throughout history, diplomats have gathered for musical events, and musicians have served as national representatives. Whatever political unit is…
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Made in France. Studies in popular music

Catherine Rudent,  Gérôme Guibert (sous la dir.), Made in France. Studies in popular music, Routledge, novembre 2017. Made in France: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary French popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of French popular music, and covers the major…
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Women in International and Universal Exhibitions, 1876–1937

Rebecca Rogers, Myriam Boussahba-Bravard (edited by), Women in International and Universal Exhibitions, 1876–1937, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Ltd, 286 p., 2017 This book argues for the importance of bringing women and gender more directly into the dynamic field of exposition studies. Reclaiming women for the history of world fairs (1876-1937),it also seeks to introduce…
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Accueillir et surveiller Les métiers du gardien de musée

François Mairesse, Anne Monjaret (sous la direction), Accueillir et surveiller,  Les métiers du gardien de musée, Paris, la Documentation Française, octobre 2017 Le surveillant de musée nous est à la fois familier et inconnu, visible et invisible. Il appartient au paysage muséal et se fond dans le décor, en quelque sorte. Cet ouvrage pluridisciplinaire cherche…
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